armlet
- Museum number
- 1996,0901.2
- Description
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Gold armlet. Cylindrical annular band of beaten sheet metal with no evident join. The decoration consists of seven embossed ribs evenly spaced and separated by flat bands. The upper rib is slightly bent.
- Production date
- 2100BC-1900BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 0.45 - 0.60 millimetres
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Diameter: 79 - 83 millimetres (internal)
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Diameter: 85.00 - 87.10 millimetres (central rib)
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Diameter: 89.40 - 91.80 millimetres (edge beadings)
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Weight: 28.16 grammes
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Width: 42.60 millimetres (maximum)
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Width: 39.70 millimetres (minimum)
- Curator's comments
- In 1994, during the excavation of the Early Bronze age barrow cemetery near the village of Lockington in northwest Leicestershire, a small pit containing two incomplete pottery vessels, two gold armlets and a copper dagger was found inside a ring-ditch and beside a palisade gully. The two pottery vessels were inverted, one inside the other, and partially covered one of the gold armlets (1996.0901.2). The second gold armlet and the copper dagger were immediately beside the pots (1996.0901.1).
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the gold armlet from Lockington by f the Treasure Trove process, indicated a gold content of 85%
- Location
- On display (G51/dc9)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2022 17 Feb - 17 Jul, London, BM, G30, The world of Stonehenge
2021-2022 4 Jun-9 Jan, Halle, Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege und Archaologie Sachsen-Anhalt, The Nebra Sky Disc
2015 – 2016 4 Dec – 29 May, National Museum of Singapore, ‘Treasures of the World’s Cultures’
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1996,0901.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1994 T339