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Title: PENANNULAR RING [Go to resource]
Description: Penannular gold ring having narrow stripes of yellow and paler gold, this decorative effect very worn especially around each face. The paler (more silver-rich) stripes have blackish tarnish. Visible green corrosion products, and its light weight, suggest that the ring is one of those comprising a gold covering over a copper alloy core (tested: see scientific report). External diameter 29-27mm; breadth 7.5mm; internal diameter 5.6mm; weight 11.6 grams. Composition The analysis says that the gold bands on the ring are 75-77% gold, 19-21% silver and 4-6% copper, with the paler bands the opposite way round for the gold and silver. The ring weighs 11.6g. Identification A well known Bronze Age type, decorative in character, dating to circa 1150-750 BC. Format: text/html License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Publisher: The Portable Antiquities Scheme Rights holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme Subjects: archaeology Temporal: -1150 -750 Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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