shield
- Museum number
- 1873,0210.2
- Description
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Large sheet-bronze shield, perfectly preserved; beaten out from a single disc of bronze, quite flat; pronounced conical boss with stepped edge, 110mm in Dm., 49mm high; twenty concentric ribs alternating with rows of bosses, rib width 5-6mm, boss Dm. 5mm, altogether over 3700 singly punched bosses; rim turned to front; handle of tubular sheet-bronze riveted to back, 144mm long; two tabs riveted to back, only one remains, 32mm long and a small hole for a strap; conical rivet heads; hammer-marks visible in boss and handle; Yetholm type.
- Production date
- 12thC BC - 10thC BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 667 millimetres
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Weight: 1929 grammes
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Thickness: 0.70 millimetres (metal)
- Location
- On display (G51/dc11)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2022 17 Feb - 17 Jul, London, BM, G30, The world of Stonehenge
1964 25 Jul-5 Sep, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Art in Wales
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1873,0210.2
