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Bronze Age Neck Ring (© Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery)
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© Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Bronze Age Neck Ring

Artist: Bronze Age

Location: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Date: circa 1200-900 BC

Materials: gold (82% pure)

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £6,000)

Vendor: Treasure Trove Reviewing Committee

Review number: 3895 (1993)

Provenance:
Casual find, Greysouthen, N.Cumbria, declared Treasure Trove.

Description:
The surviving half of a Bronze age neck ornament in the form of a pointed oval-section bar with surface decoration consisting of 24 alternating panels of closely-set longitudinal and transverse grooves. Believed to be French or Irish.

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