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ART0DEDTPFPT74T·Artifact · collection

The inscribed pottery, whorls and figurines of Vinča-Belo Brdo

CollectionApache-2.0C. 5200-4550 cal BC
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The largest single group of Vinča signs: several hundred incised vessels, vessel bases, spindle whorls and figurines from Vasić's 1908 to 1934 excavations and later work at the type-site, now mostly in the National Museum of Serbia. These, with the Turdaș, Banjica and Divostin finds, are the material from which Winn built his 210-sign list; 158 of the 591 documents in the open Winn-based corpus come from Vinča.

Katherine Wu, Jennifer Solman, Ruth Linehan and Richard Sproat. Apache-2.0

Copies 1

Transcription of winn's catalogue as xml (vinca.xml)Katherine Wu, Jennifer Solman, Ruth Linehan and Richard Sproat · richardsproat.com · 2012 · Apache-2.0Primary source: Corpora of Non-Linguistic Symbol Systems1 step from the original

Where it is kept

BucharestZagrebSarajevoLjubljanaTimișoaraBrașovCraiova1National Museum of Serbia200 kmBucharestZagrebSarajevoCluj-Napoca1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscribed pottery, whorls and figurines of Vinča-Belo Brdo [Artifact ART0DEDTPFPT74T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDTPFPT74T
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