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Torc Terminal with Triskelion and Spirals
Triskelion and spirals on a Galician torc terminal (Museu do Castro de Santa Tegra).
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Ardagh Chalice
The Ardagh Chalice is a large, two-handled silver cup, decorated with gold, gilt bronze, brass, lead pewter and enamel, which has been assembled from 354 separate pieces; this complex construction is...
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Carnyx
Carnyx found in the Gallic sanctuary of Tintignac (Corrèze). Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Paris), “Les Gaulois, une expo renversante”, from 19-10-2011 to 02-09-2012. Their trumpets again are of...
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Witham Shield
The Witham Shield is an Iron Age decorative bronze shield facing of La Tène style, dating from about the IV century BC. The shield was discovered in the River Witham in the vicinity of Washingborough...
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Vachères Warrior
The Vachères warrior, a statue of a Gaulish warrior; Museum Calvet, Avignon, France. ca. I century B.C. Note the torc and Roman clothing/armour.
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Battersea Shield
The Battersea Shield is one of the most significant pieces of ancient Celtic military equipment found in Britain. It is a sheet bronze covering of a (now vanished) wooden shield decorated in La Tène...
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Celtic Votive Stag
Gutenberg Bronze Deposit “Stag” votive figurine, 2 1/2 inches height (Photo Sven Beham).
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Celtic Mars Votive Offering
Gutenberg Votive Bronze “Mars” warrior god figure, 5 inches height (Photo Sven Beham).
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The [Celtic] women were very beautiful, and were as tall and courageous as the men. The beauty of Claudia Rufina, a British lady, is celebrated by Martial. Ammianus seems to represent the females as...
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La Tène Bronze Head
Bronze figure of a man’s head from a Late Iron Age (middle to late first century B.C.) cremation burial at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. One of three, tiny, moustachioed heads discovered in the rich...
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Grimston Sword
Iron Age sword with anthropoid hilt, discovered in 1902 at North Grimston, in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire. The sword was found in the grave of a Celtic warrior, along with a shield, a...
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Tara Brooch
The Tara Brooch is a Celtic brooch dating to circa AD 700 and perhaps the most impressive of the over fifty elaborate ancient Irish brooches yet found. It was discovered in 1850 and rapidly recognised...
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Dragonesque Brooch
A Romano-British dragonesque-style brooch; first or second century A.D. Bronze with champlevé enamel inserts. The post Dragonesque Brooch appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.
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Another Dragonesque Brooch
Dragonesque Brooch, 1st century; Provincial Roman, probably made in Britain; Bronze with champlevé enamel. The post Another Dragonesque Brooch appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.
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Staffordshire Dragonesque Brooch
Bronze dragonesque brooch discovered at Ilam, Staffordshire. Unusual for this type of artefact in that it lacks enamel decoration. c. AD 75-175. The post Staffordshire Dragonesque Brooch appeared first...
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Celtic Harness Mount
Bronze and enamel harness mount (after Megaw and Megaw 1989: 222). The post Celtic Harness Mount appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.
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Mirror, Mirror
The reverse side of the Desborough Mirror, a British bronze mirror 50 BC – AD 50, showing the spiral and trumpet decorative theme of the late “Insular” La Tène style. The Desborough Mirror has a...
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Snettisham Hoard
The Snettisham Hoard in the British Museum. The Snettisham Hoard is a series of discoveries of Iron Age precious metal, found in the Snettisham area of the English county of Norfolk between 1948 and...
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The Great Torc from Snettisham
The Great Snettisham Torc is constructed from just over a kilogram of gold mixed with silver. It is made from sixty-four threads. Each thread was 1.9 mm wide. Eight threads were twisted together at a...
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Folio 202 Verso
Folio 202 verso from the Book of Kells; the Temptation of Christ. The post Folio 202 Verso appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.
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Staffordshire Moorlands Pan
Staffordshire Moorlands Pan, a Romano-British Celtic-styled trulla; II Century; British Museum. A copper-alloy pan (trulla), with polychrome enamel inlay, lacking its handle and base. The circular...
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