Accession No
1924.775 C
Description
Ring of copper alloy. Carination midway down exterior surface. Concave interior with very uneven surface. Green patina on interior and exterior. Brown and buff surface accretions. Damage to interior rim.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Italy; Bellinzone; Ticino; Giubiasco
Period
Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age
Source
Raphael, Oscar [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.775 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
28mm x 28mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.775 A-C: 'Three, semicircular section, hollow.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwitten label (in Cyril Fox's hand) reading: 'Guibiasco, Ticino, N. Italy. DD. Oscar Raphael, FSA'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle
Context (Field collection)
Early Hallstat 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)
Ring of copper alloy. Carination midway down exterior surface. Concave interior with very uneven surface. Green patina on interior and exterior. Brown and buff surface accretions. Damage to interior rim.
Event Date 20/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle
Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2024.5905 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 21/3/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:310985
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