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Description: | A gold penannular ring made from three strands of wire, and probably dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. The strands of wire are stacked on top of each other to produce a ribbed effect. The wires are all of 1.7mm diameter and are almost circular in cross-section. The ends are cut on an angle and the longer side of each is slightly burred.One strand has separated slightly from the others at one end revealing a rough surface on the wire below where they were once joined and there are a number of stress cracks elsewhere on the ring. Similar objects from the British Museum collections include registration numbers: WG.19; 1882,0621.1; WG.21; 1866,0412.1; 1854,1227.4 (see Murgia et al. 2014, Section 2.9 for details).The closest parallels in terms of size are spiral rings such asESS-0068F1 from Essex and HAMP-032C65 from Hampshire (both unpublished) which have been assigned a Bronze Age dates. Other Bronze Age penannular rings are often thicker and heavier but smaller (e.g. IOW-1F5D46 from the Isle of Wight and BERK-A5FFE5 from Berkshire). The ring probably dates from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, c. 1400BC- 750BC.References: Murgia, A., Melkonian, M. and Roberts, B.W 2014. European Bronze Age Gold in the British Museum (http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/online_research_catalogues/bag/bronze_age_gold.aspx) (accessed: 16th December 2015)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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