Lunula

Description

Gold lunula or collar with expanded ends and punch decoration, found at Auchentaggart, Dumfriesshire: probably Irish, Bronze Age, c. 2000 BC

Museum reference

X.FE 3

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Lunula

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Gold

Physical description

Gold; expanded ends; ornamented with cross panelling, including horizontal lines, punched dots, transverse nicks and zigzag dentition

Collection place(s)

Auchentaggart, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Clark, J.G. (1880), 222 - 23, pl 1

Taylor (1970a), 52, 73, pl VIII (cat no Df 1)

Taylor (1980), 34, pl 17 (cat no Df 1)

Clarke et al (1985), 261

On display

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