Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Sophie Flynn, 2017-02-08 17:17:15
Title
Bronze Age penannular ring
Description
English: A gold penannular 'lock ring' of Bronze Age date (c. 1150 - 800 BC). The ring is triangular in section with flat terminals. The outer two faces of the object are decorated with a series of ribs, whilst the internal face is undecorated.
Gold plated copper alloy rings of a similar shape and style have been processed as Treasure (cf. 2009 T513). As this example is not damaged, exposing an inner core, it is difficult to say whether it is pure gold or gold plated. However, based on the weight of the object it is unlikely to be pure gold throughout.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Rutland
Date
between 1150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 796973 Old ref: ESS-5ECCA2 Filename: 2016T592BAgoldpenannularring.jpg
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
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