arm-ring
- Museum number
- OA.10303
- Description
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Silver Hiberno-Scandinavian broad-band arm-ring, formed from a broad band of rectangular section, with punched ornament on its outer face; the expanded mid-portion tapers evenly to sub-rectangular terminals which have rounded ends, slightly overlapping. The central field is decorated with two longitudinal pairs of interlocking rows of T-stamping , nine in each,on either side of which there extends a row of vertical transverse bar-stamps (with 11 and 12 impressions respectively), ending with a diagonal cross (of two bar-stamp impressions); the ornament is teminated with two more vertical transverse impressions. Stamp total: 49 (18 Ts and 31 bars). One large nick on an inner angle).
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 68 millimetres
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Weight: 52.02 grammes
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Width: 60 millimetres
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Depth: 19 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Probably associated with the two silver armrings 1851,7-15,8&9; see OA register for further details.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014-2015 Jul-Jan, Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Vikings
2014 6 Mar-22 Jun, London, British Museum, Viking: Life and Legend
2013 21 Jun-30 Nov, Denmark, Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, Viking
2000 12 Apr-13 Aug, BM, Room 69a, Paid in Burnt Silver
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- OA.10303