Late Bronze Age, Yetholm Shield, HCA 457
This circular shield (Diam. 63.8cm) is made from a blank of thin sheet-bronze, evenly beaten to a thickness of 0.5mm and with a total weight of 1484g. It is skilfully and symmetrically decorated with 11 concentric repoussé ribs and 11 rows of low hemispherical bosses. A large, hollow central boss is stepped and of a rounded conical shape. Two neat circular perforations, replacing bosses in one row…
Creator
- The Hunt Museum
Subject
- Battle shield
- shield components
- votive offering
- riverine deposition
- wetlands
- deposition
- Archaeological artifact
- shields (armor)
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- The Hunt Museum
Subject
- Battle shield
- shield components
- votive offering
- riverine deposition
- wetlands
- deposition
- Archaeological artifact
- shields (armor)
- archaeological objects
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
User generated content
- false
Rights
- © Hunt Museum 2020
Creation date
- 2018
- 2018
Temporal
- Late Bronze Age
- Bronze Age
Places
- Halliford Upper, Walton-on-Thames
Provenance
- This model was created by Limerick 3D. Thanks to support from The Heritage Council, European Year of Cultural Heritage and Limerick City and County Council training of volunteers was facilitated by Digital Heritage Age and the programme is ongoing at The Hunt Museum. the project focuses on exploring the Museum Collections through the use of photogrammetry and laser scanning to create 3D models.; Laser scanning; Photogrammetry
Identifier
- share3d:182
- share3d:182
Format
- glTF
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- Share3D
Relations
- The Hunt Museum Essential Guide (2002)
Year
- 2018
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
Timestamp created
- 2020-03-20T15:36:47.615Z
Timestamp updated
- 2023-08-01T08:39:45.538Z