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sheet(Fragment)

Object Type: sheet (Fragment)
Museum number: 2019,8037.1
Title: Object: Sheet fragment
Description: A fragment of embossed gold sheet, decorated with circular (repoussé) bosses and pointillé (applied to v-shaped furrows in the sheet). There are two lines of pointillé and two rows of bosses (five complete and two incomplete bosses on one row and five bosses and one incomplete boss on the other row). The fragment has be snipped along three edges, while the forth edge is ragged. Along the ragged edge are several small, intentional perforations. One edge has apparently been folded and unfolded – in antiquity or since discovery. The decorative bosses are all slightly flattened and scuffed. Around them it is possible to identify circles indicative of the stamp/tool used to fashion them (individually).
Cultures/periods: Early Bronze Age (c.2100 - 1700 BC)
Materials: gold
Technique: embossed; pointillé
Dimensions: Length: 26 millimetres; Weight: 1.86 grammes; Thickness: 0.20 millimetres (Approx.); Width: 23 millimetres
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Acquired through the Treasure Act: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Acquisition date: 2019
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 2019,8037.1
Additional IDs: Treasure/PAS number: 2019 T230; Treasure/PAS number: DOR-FF338E