2003-07-09 11:57:34 Daniel Pett dpett 2011-03-01 12:21:53 alessia murgia amurgia PAS-BF4245 TORC The neckring is made from a heavy, thick bar of oval cross-section, which is thickest in the middle and tapers towards both ends. The terminals are finished off as flat oval surfaces. The object appears to have had a good surface finish prior to damage and it has been left entirely plain. The original curvature of the ornament has been distorted asymmetrically so that one arm is more extended than the other. The middle of the bar bears deep >cuts= across both faces apparently having been formed by ancient chisel strikes. Dimensions and metal content: Maximum dimension (distorted) 203mm; maximum width of bar: 16mm; maximum thickness of bar: 12.5mm; weight: 769.3g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 85 per cent. The neckring is made from a heavy, thick bar of oval cross-section, which is thickest in the middle and tapers towards both ends. The terminals are finished off as flat oval surfaces. The object appears to have had a good surface finish prior to damage and it has been left entirely plain. The ori... This is the third find of this rare type of neckring since 1999; (Treasure Annual Report 1998-99, no. 7; Treasure Annual Report 2000, no. 5); previously only two examples had been recorded from Britain. The location at Moulsford lay not far from the findspot of a complex twisted torc of Final Middle Bronze Age date (found 1960). Gold BRONZE AGE BRONZE AGE Late -1150 -800 16 203 12.5 Fair Uncertain 2003-07-09 11:57:34 OXFORDSHIRE SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE POINT( ) From Map SU58SE SU5883 29.06.2003 Chance find during metal detecting 1 PAS Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2003 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.