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Description: | A gold penannular bracelet (Middle Bronze Age circa 1300-1100BC). The bracelet is oval with no decoration and unexpanded terminals; on this bracelet the terminals are 8.08m apart. On one of the terminals there is a square depression in the centre of the flat surface (square depression measures 2.40mm across). There is a matching, although more shallow, depression on the face of the other terminal. The bracelet is made from a solid gold bar of roughly circular section. Dimensions: weight: 73.70g; length: 78.69mm; width: 62.58mm; thickness: 5.26mm This is part of a Middle Bronze Age hoard consisting of two twisted arm/neck ornaments and three penannular bracelets (BERK-6863E4; BERK-6870F5; BERK-687927; BERK-83AC41). The former are coiled (either because they could more easily be buried, or because they were worn on the arms). They both have four-flange twisted bodies, and plain terminals which expand gently towards the ends. The terminals are doubled back. One is more slender than the other. These will be referred to as 'armlets', to distinguish them from the bracelets. Of the three bracelets, two are relatively slender the other is thicker. This last has terminals which almost meet; the other two have wider gaps.
Composition: The analysis gave an estimate of 82% of gold content, except of the smaller armlet which was 79%.
Identification: Associations of the two types of object represented in this hoard are well known. Both being to well-documented classes of ornament belonging to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1300-1100BC. This is reinforced by the analyses, which accord well with other objects of this class and date. | Subjects: | Penannular | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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