gorget
- Museum number
- 1871,0401.14
- Description
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Gold decorated gorget, three pieces. The beaten pieces are decorated using a repoussé technique to create a cord pattern and alternate bands of void spaces and chevrons. The edge has been bent over to form a sub-circular rim.
There are traces of a brown substance, possibly soil.
- Production date
- 1150BC-750BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.29 millimetres (a)
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Length: 55.91 millimetres (b)
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Length: 67.09 millimetres (c)
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Weight: 2.30 grammes (a)
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Weight: 5.30 grammes (b)
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Weight: 9.70 grammes (c)
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Thickness: 0.23 millimetres (a)
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Thickness: 0.24 millimetres (b)
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Thickness: 0.25 millimetres (c)
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Width: 44.26 millimetres (a)
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Width: 40.48 millimetres (b)
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Width: 62.29 millimetres (c)
- Curator's comments
- The gorget was found near Ballycotton in 1867 and it has been broken up by locals around the time.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2005 1 Aug-30 Sep, Republic of Ireland, Cork, Cork Public Museum, Ór Chorcaí Cork Gold
- Condition
- The gorget's surface is highly crinkled.
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1871,0401.14