torc;
bracelet;
strip
- Museum number
- 1991,0407.37
- Description
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Gold alloy twisted torc. Broken at least once in antiquity and repaired. The main part of the torc is made from four ropes, each made from eight strands of gold alloy wire twisted around each other. The hollow ends are cast and decorated with La Tène style patterns; fragment of gold alloy loop-terminal bracelet linking the terminals; five loose fragments of (?)silver wire strip from repair.
- Production date
- 150 BC - 50 BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 0.10 - 0.20 millimetres (loose wire strips)
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Diameter: 19 millimetres (cross-section neck-ring, approx)
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Diameter: 210 millimetres (external, max)
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Diameter: 174 millimetres (internal, max)
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Length: 69.70 millimetres (longest of loose wire strips)
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Length: 63.20 millimetres (terminal 1)
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Length: 62.70 millimetres (terminal 2)
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Length: 185 millimetres (top to bottom, including bracelet linking terminals)
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Weight: 2.20 grammes (loose wire strips, total)
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Weight: 766.90 grammes
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Width: 3.50 millimetres (loose wire strips)
- Location
- On display (G50/dc19)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016 11 Mar- 25 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Celts.
2015-2016 24 Sep-31 Jan, London, BM, G30, 'Celts: Art and Identity'
2005-2006 25 Jul-13 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2005 12 Feb-26 Jun, Newcastle, Hancock Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004-2005 1 Oct-15 Jan, Manchester Museum, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2004 30 Apr-21 Sep, Cardiff, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2003-2004 21 Nov-14 Mar, London, BM, Buried Treasure: Finding Our Past
2002 Apr-Jul, Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Torques: Bellaza y Poder
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1991,0407.37
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: SN/PL (find code)
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Treasure/PAS number: T255 (Treasure number)
