Summary

Gold arm-ring consisting of two rods twisted together merging into an elongated plate and decorated with ring-stamps and punched dots, Viking, found in the Sound of Jura, Argyll, 10th century

Accession Number

X.FE 103

Other references

None

Original description

Gold arm-ring [bracelet]. Arm-ring / oval / made from two rods twisted together that taper slightly towards their ends, where they merge into an elongated plate or band, with rectangular cross-section / plate expands towards its mid-point. Gold / NMAS Laboratory Analysis no. F0394-6B (details in Graham-Campbell 1983). Decorated / stamped ornament on outer face of flat plate consisting of central row of large ring-stamps bordered by smaller ring-stamps, which are in turn bordered by punched dots. Condition: Excellent. 1. 76 x 63mm (externally); weight 112.5g. Argyll / Sound of Jura; found by skin-divers. Period: Viking. Bibliography: Graham-Campbell, J 'A Viking-age gold arm-ring from the Sound of Jura', PSAS, 113 (1983), 640 - 42. Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Sound of Jura, North Atlantic, ATLANTIC OCEAN

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1982

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Receiver of Wreck

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

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