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ARM-RING (TYA 283: 8)
Type: Arm-ring, bronze.
Use: Jewel.
Site: Raisio, Ihala, Siiri cremation cemetery I.
Period: Viking Age
Dating: 800-1025 A.D.
Size: Diameter 55-70 mm, width 18-25 mm, thickness 4-6 mm.
Photographer: Arto Korhonen.
In Finland, jewellery dated to the Viking period, was mostly of native production. However, the most important material, bronze, had to be imported.
Bronze arm-rings were a common feature of women´s jewellery from the Early Roman Age, (i.e. 0 - 200 A.D.) onwards. The Viking period arm-rings were quite heavy and richly ornamented with stamps and grooves.
This example, found in the Siiri cremation cemetery, is an uncommon two-crested form. It is completely ornamented, for example, with transverse lines on the ends. It has been badly distorted in the heat of the funeral pyre.
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Coordinates: x=40, y=40, z=18.74, r=35/40, 2nd layer.
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