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English: Slender leaf-shaped gold strip, the ends folded over to form a distorted ring. Both ends are pierced; the two holes were executed from opposite sides of the strip. While one end is intact and tongue-shaped, the other is squared off and may retain the very slight trace of an original piercing or other feature. It is possible that this end was broken, re-pierced and roughly fettled. The hole at this end is blocked with soil.

Length 19.8mm; maximum width of strip 13.9mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 2.17 grams.

Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the pierced metal strip, performed by the British Museum's Scientific Research section, indicated a gold content of approximately 87-89 %, a silver content of approximately 10-11%, and approximately 1% copper.

There is a range of gold strip and ribbon ornaments datable to the British Bronze Age. The less numerous types include arm and possibly ear ornaments fastening by means of a hook at each end, or a hook and eye (piercing). There are good analogues in the French Middle Bronze Age. There are also an increasing number of (often) thin gold strips and fragments with terminal piercings which on grounds of composition could fit into a Bronze Age context. Again, there are continental analogues, beginning within the Early Bronze Age sheet gold tradition. The piece under discussion here is best compared with the pair of gold ornaments from Binstead, West Sussex; these have hook and eye fastenings. They are datable to the Middle Bronze Age, about 1500-1300BC. (Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999).