Lunula

Details

• Title

  Lunula

• Associated place

  Europe › Ireland › Co. Cork › Middleton (near) (find spot)

• Date

  Early Bronze Age (Ireland) (2500 - 1700 BC)

• Material and technique

  gold

• Material index

  processed material › metal › gold

• Object type

  personal ornament

• Dimensions

  20.3 cm (diameter)
  5.4 cm (width)
  34.9 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 17 | European Prehistory

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.2931

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