Late Bronze Age

Gold Penannular Ring

青銅器時代晚期

玦形金環

Item number: A1419

Year: 1000-600 BC

Material: Gold-Copper Alloy

Size: 17.6 x 17.1 x 5.1 mm

Weight: 12.5 g

Provenance: Private Collector, UK, 2017

This is a Gold Penannular Ring, minted between 1000 and 600 BC, during the Late Bronze Age of the British Isles.

This type of notched Gold Penannular Ring has been widely unearthed in regions such as Ireland, southern England, and Wales. The material is predominantly a gold-copper alloy. Archaeologists believe that these rings served not only as ornaments but also as a primitive form of currency used in exchange.

In the prehistoric era, before the invention of writing, artisans skilled in metallurgy and metalworking often held the dual role of craftsmen and shamans. To other members of their communities, these individuals possessed the ability to communicate with nature and the divine, as they could transform natural materials into entirely new objects, a process perceived as both technical and mystical.

物件編號: A1419

年代: 公元前 1000-600 年

材質: 金銅合金

尺寸: 17.6 x 17.1 x 5.1 mm

重量: 12.5 g

來源: 英國私人收藏 2017

這是一枚公元前1000至600年,即英倫三島正處於青銅器時代晚期所鑄造的玦形金環。

這一種帶有缺口的玦形金環在愛爾蘭、英格蘭南部和威爾斯等地皆有大量出土,其材質多半為金銅合金。考古學者認為這些金環不僅是作為裝飾,更已經具備雛形的貨幣交換功能。

在人類尚未發明文字的史前時代,具備冶金和鍛煉金屬工藝的匠師往往身兼巫師的身分。因為在其他居民眼中,他們掌握跟大自然和神靈之間溝通交流的技術,並且能將大自然的不同材料重新組合為新的物品。

類似/相同物件 請看:

英國 大英博物館 The British Museum

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2004-0601-1

英國 卡地夫國家博物館 National Museum Cardiff

https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/ff623bed-3c2c-369c-953b-b0d148631fa2/Late-Bronze-Age-gold-penannular-ring/

更多相關訊息請參考:

https://www.bronze-age-craft.com/cr.htm

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939.amp

https://heritagesuffolk.wordpress.com/2021/04/30/bronze-age-gold-penannular-ring-aldringham-cum-thorpe/

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