BELUM.A157.1926
BELUM.A157.1926
BELUM.A157.1926
IRISH ANTIQUITY
- Object Name
- Lunula
- Description
- Cresent shaped lunulae beaten from a thin sheet of gold. Fastened by two terminal clasps. The decoration consists of three lines lightly incised around the circumference of the inner and outer edges. These continue towards the narrow ends of the collar and peter out as they reach the terminals. There is also some slight evidence of a series of small strokes along a short stretch of the inner and outer edges on the right hand side of the lunula. This may have been an attempt to add some additional decoration that was not completed and may have been partly polished out.
- Materials
- gold
- Place Collected
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- Catalogue Number
- BELUM.A157.1926
- Copyright
- National Museums NI
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