May 28, 2022
‘Shield,’ Late Bronze Age, 12thC BC-10thC BC,
Sheet-bronze shield, in perfect condition: only slightly doomed shield, beaten out from a single disc of bronze; pronounced conical boss with stepped edge, 100mm in Dm., 42mm high; twenty-seven concentric ribs alternating with rows of bosses, rib width 4mm, boss Dm. 4-4,5mm; rim turned to front; handle of tubular sheet-bronze riveted to back, 143mm long; two tabs riveted to back, only one remains, 29mm long; round and conical rivet heads; hammer-marks visible in boss and handle; Yetholm type.
British Isles: Wales: Gwynedd: Moel Hebog,
Copper Alloy,
Diameter: Diameter: 640 millimetres, Weight: Weight: 1862 grammes, Depth: Depth: 70 millimetres.
Courtesy: British Museum
