Bronze shield (Wittenham Shield)

Details

• Title

  Bronze shield (Wittenham Shield)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › South Oxfordshire District › Long Wittenham (in the Thames) (find spot)

• Date

  Late Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 1150 - 800 cal.BC)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  arms/armour › shield

• Dimensions

  39 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 17 | European Prehistory

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1980.212

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