chain;
ring
- Museum number
- 1974,1201.340
- Description
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Chain of ten interlinked gold rings with incised decoration giving a twisted appearance and one smooth and lozenge sectioned ring. The ten incised rings have different sizes and have a section twisting from left to right with the exception of the smooth terminals. The terminals are separated only by a very narrow gap. The lozenge sectioned ring is slightly damaged especially at the terminals. The rings were made from a bar of circular cross- section with tapering ends. A spiral V-shaped groove was cut into the surface before the bar was bent into a ring.
- Production date
- 1300BC-1200BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 21.44 millimetres (ring 10)
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Diameter: 22.67 millimetres (ring 11)
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Diameter: 31.62 millimetres (ring 2)
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Diameter: 33.16 millimetres (ring 3)
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Diameter: 28.40 millimetres (ring 4)
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Diameter: 22.69 millimetres (ring 5)
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Diameter: 20.51 millimetres (ring 6)
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Diameter: 19.70 millimetres (ring 7)
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Diameter: 20.09 millimetres (ring 8)
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Diameter: 20.84 millimetres (ring 9)
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Diameter: 30.61 millimetres (untwisted ring 1)
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Length: 192 millimetres
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Weight: 55.10 grammes
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Thickness: 2.50 millimetres (ring 10)
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Thickness: 2.44 millimetres (ring 11)
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Thickness: 3.48 millimetres (ring 2)
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Thickness: 3.35 millimetres (ring 3)
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Thickness: 3.11 millimetres (ring 4)
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Thickness: 2.49 millimetres (ring 5)
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Thickness: 2.55 millimetres (ring 6)
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Thickness: 2.61 millimetres (ring 7)
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Thickness: 2.82 millimetres (ring 8)
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Thickness: 2.38 millimetres (ring 9)
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Thickness: 2.35 millimetres (untwisted ring 1)
- Curator's comments
- There is a comparable, albeit longer, chain from the hoard at Szarvaszó, Hungary (Mozsolics 1973, 92-93, 206, Taf 92)
Reference:
Mozsolics, A. 1973. Bronze- und Goldfunde des Karpatenbeckens. Depotfundhorizonte von Forró und Ópályi. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1974,1201.340
