Accession No

1924.775 F


Description

Very thin ring of solid copper alloy. Triangular cross section, tapering towards external surface.


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 F


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

25mm x 25mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
One thin ring, keeled, solid.
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)
Very thin ring of solid copper alloy. Triangular cross section, tapering towards external surface.
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:310988

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