Lunula

Description

Gold lunula tapering to extremities where it ends in sub-oval disc-like expansions, ornamented with incised lines and punctulations, from Southside, near Coulter, Lanarkshire, Chalcolithic 2300 - 2000 BC

Museum reference

X.FE 74

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Lunula

Date

Early Bronze Age

Materials

Gold

Physical description

Gold; tapering to the extremities where it ends in sub-oval disc-like expansions; ornamented with incised lines and punctulations

Collection place(s)

Southside, Coulter, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

On display

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