disc
- Museum number
- T.0.a
- Description
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Gold disc. Thin circular foil of beaten gold with pointillé decoration. The decoration consists in three concentric circles of small punched dots.
There is a twin perforation in the upper part of the disc.
- Production date
- 2500BC-2000BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 50.22 millimetres
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Weight: 5.30 grammes
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Thickness: 0.19 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The disc was found in 1782.
- Location
- On display (G51/dc6)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1985 1 Aug-13 Oct, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Symbols of Power at the Time of Stonehenge
- Condition
- There are cracks and dents around the edges of the disc.
- Acquisition date
- 1814 (?)
- Acquisition notes
- Townley Collection, slip card says purchased by Act of Parliament 1805 (a later addition to card) more likely 1814 with collection of small objects.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- T.0.a
