shield
- Museum number
- 1922,0608.1
- Description
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Sheet-bronze shield, heavily damaged, missing pieces refurbished; beaten out from a single disc of bronze; central conical boss with stepped edge, 112mm in Dm., 53mm high; twenty concentric ribs alternating with rows of bosses, rib width 4-5mm, boss Dm. 6mm; rim turned over; handle of tubular sheet-bronze riveted to back, but only one end preserved; punched in holes prove tabs, but they have not survived;Yetholm type.
- Production date
- 12thC BC - 10thC BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 664 millimetres
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Weight: 1218 grammes
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Thickness: 0.50 millimetres (metal)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005 29 Sept-present, Lincoln City & County Museum, Lincolnshire Treasures, LT Loan
1991-1992 3 Sep-26 Jan, Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery, The Barbarians
1979-1984 24 Jan-7 Feb, Doncaster, Doncaster Museum, LT Loan
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1922,0608.1
