Accession No

1924.776 D


Description

Incomplete ring formed of thin, coiled copper alloy wire. Now in two pieces. One rounded terminal present, formed by the wire turning back in on itself and returning to form another coil of the ring. Substantial green-coloured surface corrosion; some surface cracking and corrosion flaking off.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Italy; Bellinzone; Ticino; Giubiasco


Period

?Early Iron Age


Source

Raphael, Oscar [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.776 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

22mm x 22mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.776 B-D: 'Two bracelets and one ring of bronze wire of several coils'.

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with a handwritten label (in the hand of Cyril Fox) reading: 'Giubiasco. Ticino / Italy / Wire bracelets and ring: Early Iron Age. DD. O[scar] Raphael FSA'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle


Context (Field collection)
Probably Early Hallstatt Period. From the Guibiasco cemetery of the Hallstatt period, possibly excavated c. 1900.

Event Date 1900
Author: maa


Context (References)
Ulrich, R. (1914). Die Gräberfelder in der Umgebung von Bellinzona, Kt. Tessin. Band 1: Beschreibender Katalog, Band 2: Tafeln. Zürich.
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Has a piece of wire broken off at present.
Event Date 25/10/2000
Author: Sophie Wardle


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete ring formed of thin, coiled copper alloy wire. Now in two pieces. One rounded terminal present, formed by the wire turning back in on itself and returning to form another coil of the ring. Substantial green-coloured surface corrosion; some surface cracking and corrosion flaking off.
Event Date 20/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2024.5905 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 20/3/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer


FM:310981

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