Accession No
1924.775 G
Description
Ring of solid copper alloy. Roughly 'D'-shaped cross-section, with flat interior surface. Wear pattern of multiple thin and roughly vertical indentations on interior. Green patina with brown accretions.
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 G
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
23mm x 23mm
Events
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
Description (Physical description)
One ring of oval section; solid.
Event Date
Author: maa
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 solid copper alloy. Roughly 'D'-shaped cross-section, with flat interior surface. Wear pattern of multiple thin and roughly vertical indentations on interior. Green patina with brown accretions.
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:310989
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