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This engraved bronze strip was found at Balmaclennan in Kirkcudbrightshire, in a hoard containing a mirror and pieces of sheet bronze mounts wrapped in four cloth parcels. It may be a product from a northern or eastern English workshop.

The crescent-shaped strip originally had beading around the edges, attached with rivets, now mainly missing. The engraved design of spirals was made with a compass.

The sheet bronze mounts in the Balmaclellan hoard may have been fittings for a wooden box, though the exact placements are open to conjecture. The pieces vary in technical and artistic quality, though this strip is generally considered first rate.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-103-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FA 2
• Date: Between 110 and 240 AD
  
• Material: Bronze; ornamented with spiral scrolls
  
• Dimensions: 15.00" max D
  
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• Where: Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Balmaclellan
  
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• Description: Bronze crescentic strip ornamented with spiral scrolls, from Balmaclellan
  
• References:
  • MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 159-162; vol. 2, no. 342. 
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