The Mramorac belts were

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

Mramorac style luxurious silver and gold belts used in ceremonial and religious aspects by the prominents of

Triballi The Triballi (, ) were an ancient people who lived in northern Bulgaria in the region of Roman Oescus up to southeastern Serbia, possibly near the territory of the Morava Valley in the late Iron Age. The Triballi lived between Thracians to the ...

, a

Thracian The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared between north-eastern Greece, ...

tribe then inhabiting the Pcinja District of southern

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and western

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. The belts are characterized by special patterns, including

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to ...

, Zoomorphic and Swastika symbolism. The type is named after Mramorac, a place in Serbia.

Serbia

In 2004, the Serbian National Museum acquisited two silver belts. *10 silver belts were found in Batinac, dating to 5th century BC *2 gilded silver belts of Myriad motifs were found in Batinac, dating to 5th century BC *2 silver belts, found in Vinča, 5th century BC *Silver belts, with Meander patterns, found at the Morava valley, Iron Age

North Macedonia

*Silver belts dating to 5th century BC were found on

Trebeništa Trebeništa () is an ancient necropolis from the Iron Age (around the 7th century BC) southeast Illyria, near the northern shore of Lake Ohrid. The site is located near Trebeništa, Debarca, Trebeništa in modern-day North Macedonia. It is belie ...

site, near

Ohrid Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

References

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