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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WAW-052196
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Description: Gold decorated strip. Rectangular strip made with a sheet of gold and decorated with four embossed ribs. The edges of the body have been bent backwards. The strip has been severed at both ends as well as being bent, compressed and twisted.
Dimensions: Length 28.27 mm, width 9.55 mm, thickness 0.43 mm, mass 1.9 g.
Discussion: Similar narrow embossed strips are known from the pommels of daggers accompanying Early Bronze Age burials in Scotland (Henshall in Coles and Simpson 1968, 173-95; Hardaker 1974, 21-23. fig 6.; Taylor 1980, pl. 28a-f) but not however comparable to gold dagger fittings in contemporary burials southern England. Other Bronze Age gold strips found singly such as at Flixton, Yorkshire (British Museum 2004,0904.1a-b, Treasure Annual Report 2003, 16, no. 2) are broader and have more and narrower incised grooves. The annular ring from the Late Bronze Age hoard at Abia de la Obispalia, central Spain is comparable in form and dimensions but the grooves appear to have been incised rather than embossed (Almagro Gorbea 1974). Similarly, the Bronze Age annular ring from Armissan, southeast France may be comparable (Eluère 1981, 48-49, fig. 55). However. given the relative proximity of the Scottish finds, the object is tentatively dated to the Early Bronze Age.
Notes:
This can be considered as potential Treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act (2002 Amendment).
20/7/11 TVC valuation: £110
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Worcester City Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T604
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2200 BC
Date to: Exactly 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.27 mm
Width: 9.55 mm
Thickness: 0.43 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2010T604
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
To be known as: Shrawley CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coles, J.M. and Simpson, D.D.A. | 1968 | Studies in Ancient Europe: essays presented to Stuart Piggott | Leicester | Leicester University Press | |||
| Eluère, C. | 1982 | Ors Préhistoriques. L'Age du Bronze en France | Paris | Picard | |||
| Hardaker, R. | 1974 | A corpus of Early Bronze Age dagger pommels from Great Britain and Ireland | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports | |||
| Taylor, J.J. | 1981 | Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles | Cambridge | Cambridge University Press |
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