European Bronze Age Gold Hair Rings

£ 425.00

A finely modelled pair of European Bronze Age gold coiled rings, possibly used in antiquity as hair ornaments, earrings or as part of bracelets or bangles. Such rings, known as lock-rings, have been recovered across Bronze Age Europe, with Ireland being a centre of production in the British Isles.

Date: Circa 1500-600 BC
Period: Bronze Age
Condition: Extremely fine.

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SKU: AH-725 Category: Tag:

Spirals, especially in gold, were commonly associated with the Sun in ancient European cultures, with a loose spiral representing the long days of summer and a tight spiral, the shorter days of winter. Such rings would have been placed amongst burial goods. From the early Bronze Age in Europe, burials became more individual, with the deceased laid to rest in individual, rather than communal, barrows. As a result, grave goods became more varied and personalised, including the jewellery worn by the deceased during his or her life.

Weight 4.6 g
Dimensions L 1.1 cm
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