Aur o Gymru’r Oes Efydd
Aur o Gymru'r Oes Efydd
Middle Bronze Age gold bead
Glain bach, siâp deugonig o eurddalen yw hwn. Mae’n blaen a diaddurn. Mae’r wyneb wedi’i dolcio a’i ystumio ychydig. Mae’n debygol mai ar ôl ei gladdu yn Ogof-yr-Esgyrn y digwyddodd hyn. Mae dadansoddiad manwl yn awgrymu y gallai’r glain fod wedi’i ffurfio o silindr aur a wasgwyd allan o'r tu mewn, i greu'r siâp deugonig.
Project Title: Gold in Britain’s auriferous regions, 2450-800 BC: towards a coherent Research Framework and Strategy. Status: Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Network Grant funded project (2018-2019)
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Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Ogof-yr-Esgyrn, Glyntawe
Nodiadau: Cave. The bead was found during the 1938-50 excavations of Ogof yr Esgyrn (the Bone Cave). The bead was found immediately above a stalagmite floor and a variety of Bronze Age and Romano-British finds were made throughout the cave. In close proximity to the bead, though not necessarily in association was a bronze awl, a tanged razor, pottery sherds belonging to eight Middle Bronze Age vessels and a various human remains representing at least four adults and eight children. A Middle Bronze Age rapier was found in a separate context about 7 metres away, but would have been broadly contemporary with the bead.