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Description: | A Late Bronze Age pennanular ring with a plump oval cross section. 1.mm parallel stripes of yellow and silver coloured gold run vertically round the ring as decoration. The surface is scratched and pitted in places. Treasure case no. 2009 T682.Diameter: 16.2mm; max. width: 6.1mm; max. width of stripes: 1mm; weight: 6.93g.This is a gold penannular ring with fine stripes typical of the Late Bronze Age ( c. 1150- 750BC) in north-west Europe (Eogan 1994, 101; Meeks et al. 2008) with many being found in Hampshire in recent years (TAR 2007, 40). The appearance indicates a high silver content in the gold penannular ring with relatively less silver in the fine stripes around the body. It closely resembles the penannular ring found in Fawley, Hampshire (TAR 2007, 50, 307 fig. 44).References:Eogan, G. 1994. The Accomplished Art: Gold and Gold-working in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age. Oxford: Oxbow. Meeks, N., Craddock, P. and Needham, S. Bronze Age penannular rings from the British Isles: technology and composition. Jewellery Studies 11, 13-30.
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