|
Date: |
|
Description: | A gold Bronze age bracelet. In its current form, this is a roughly annular band with a small overlap. One end is a slightly thickened terminal of thin crescentic shape, the other is a thin, wavy edge most likely the product of the reworking of a broken end. It can be assumed that the original form was a penannular bracelet with two matching thickened terminals and a broad gently C-shaped band section, which survives in the reworked form. Remodelling after the loss of one terminal involved pulling the two ends together to overlap and tying them together with a thread (not surviving) passed through crude perforations. Contraction of the diameter caused the band to bend into a fairly even pentagon with obtuse angles. The object is much dented.The original ornament is very likely to have been a penannular bracelet of C-section with slightly thickened, beaded terminals. C-section bracelets occur in a few Late Bronze Age hoards, although usually with much stronger out-turned terminals. A group of bracelets in the Matignon hoard, Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, are more similar to the Donhead example (Eluère 1982, 181 fig.169).The original ornament would have been of Bronze Age type and is substantially of precious metal. The date of reworking cannot be ascertained, but does not affect eligibility as treasure.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BRACELET
A complete and misshapen penannular…
-
-
-
-
HOARD
Burton, Wrexham: Middle Bronze Age…
-
-
-
-
-
|