Bronze arm-ring, max. diameter 12.4cm. Made of very thick (max. 8mm) round-sectioned solid bronze bent into spiral with ends overlapping rather more than a third [of] the radius of the ring. Terminals finished with cast knobs with rather pointed ends.Not Anglo-Saxon. Probably Italian Iron Age.
History
Grave ID
Guilton Grave 89
Object ID
M6013
Catalogue Number
M 6013
Material
copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; bronze) (Antiquarian Material; brass)
Complete Keyword List (Including Alternatives)
arm ring (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; arm ring) (Antiquarian Keyword; armilla)