File:Bronze Age Lunula fragment (FindID 506476).jpg
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[edit]Bronze Age Lunula fragment | |||
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St. Albans District Council, Ian Richardson, 2012-11-14 14:06:12 |
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Bronze Age Lunula fragment |
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Description |
English: Description A crumpled and torn fragment of sheet gold with engraved geometric decoration comprising three bands of double zigzags separated by two plain zones; the zones are each bounded by three longitudinal engraved lines and the edges by four. The decoration is well executed. Two straight edges are present and these appear to be parallel. Maximum dimensions: Length 25.5mm; Width 12.2mm; Thickness 0.1mm; Weight 1.35 grams. The width when intact would be approximately 22mm. Analysis: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of a fragment of sheet gold ornament with incised geometric decoration carried out by the British Museum's Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, indicated a gold content of 86-88%, a silver content of approximately 10-11%, the remainder being copper. The sheet fragment weighs 1.35 grams.. Identification: The parallel edges and orientation of the decoration indicate that this is not a lunula fragment. The restored width is more in keeping with an armlet. The best analogues are all copper alloy armlets belonging to Needham's Group 1 (Needham 2000, 29). These are penannular sheet metal bands, three of which are narrow and three broad. One of the former is plain but the other five have geometric decoration; the broader examples (27, 21 and 37mm) particularly bearing zones and panels of motifs resembling decoration on Beaker pottery; one of them, from Knipton in Leicestershire, was associated with a Beaker but not with human remains. Another from a Normanton barrow (Amesbury G41) was found on the arm of a skeleton (Waterman 1948, 180) but has no other associations. The Knipton Beaker is not amongst the earliest. The number of Group 1 armlets is small, and contextual information is scanty. Needham's assessment acknowledges the difficulties involved in establishing a chronology for his Groups 1 and 2 armlets. A date in the Early Bronze Age, not before circa 2200BC, appears likeliest at present. References: Needham, S. 2000. The gold and copper metalwork. In Hughes, G. The Lockington Gold Hoard: An Early Bronze Age barrow cemetery at Lockington, Leicestershire. Oxbow Books, Oxford, 23-46. Waterman, D. M. 1948. An Early Bronze Age bracelet from Bridlington, Yorkshire. Antiquaries Journal 28, 179-180. Gillian Varndell Curator, Department of Prehistory and Europe 26.02.13 |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire | ||
Date | BRONZE AGE | ||
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FindID: 506476 Old ref: BH-1EC018 Filename: 2012T441.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/404188 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/404188/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/506476 |
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Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 29 November 2020) |
Object location | 51° 56′ 46.68″ N, 0° 35′ 29.89″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.946300; -0.591636 |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 16:02, 11 April 2012 |
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