Bronze Age Cauldron
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Bronze Age Cauldron
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Published 2020-09-08T15:40:14+00:00
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Culture: Bronze Age Material: Bronze Accession No: HCA 458 Current Location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick. Found at Toome, Co. Antrim the body and rim comprise eight pieces of beaten bronze, hammered to 1mm and riveted together. Horizontal rows of conical-headed rivets are functional and decorative. Four handles are of cast circular rings of ribbed cross-section. The rim was strengthened by eight vertical slender bronze stays riveted to the body. Cauldrons date to Late Bronze Age Europe, c. 800 BC. They were highly prized, often deposited in watery places. More.
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| Date published | 08/09/2020 |
| Dimensioni | Diam: 57cm, H 57cm |
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| Title | Bronze Age Cauldron |
| Date | c. 800BC |
| Accession | HCA 458 |
| Period | Late Bronze Age |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Record | https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/ballyscullion-cauldron/ |
| Place | Hunt Museum |
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