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disc
Object Type
disc
Museum number
1906,1110.1
Description
Gold plated copper alloy disc. The replica pictured with the original fragments proposes that the technique of ornamentation is repousse with all-over decoration. In the centre there is a boss surrounded by a plain ridge with a row of small bosses concentric to it. This motif occupies a mid position within a star-shared pattern, the outer voids of which are filled with small bosses. The central motif is bounded by a band which consists of a ladder that is flanked on each side by a plain ridge, a similar band is parallel to the edge. The band in between is wider and has boss and circle motifs with bosses in the intervening spaces.
Cultures/periods
Middle Bronze Age
Production date
1400BC-1100BC
(circa)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Lansdown Links
, Found in Barrow 4 apparently in a stone cist with burnt bone and copper alloy fragments.
Materials
gold
copper alloy
Technique
repoussé
Bibliographic references
Hawkes 1981 / The Landsdown Sun-Disc
Murgia et al 2014 / European Bronze Age Gold in the British Museum
(2.15.1)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Henry Waldemar Lawrence, 3rd Baronet
Donated by:
Sir Alexander Waldemar Lawrence, 4th Baronet
Acquisition date
1906
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1906,1110.1