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Bell

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa.

Material

Iron.

Description

Iron bell, lined internally with a thin copper sheet. Rectangular body, slightly biconical, with rounded corners. Manufactured from two sheets joined along the lower edge. The handle is formed by a bar of rectangular section attached to the upper face, fractured at its base. The clapper is missing. Suspension would have been achieved by means of an internal loop of circular section, also fractured, with only the attachment points remaining.

Classification and chronology

Bell / Castro de Alvarelhos - Phase IV/V

Dimensions

Maximum length: 170 mm; Maximum width: 125 mm; Weight: 981,8 gr.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 95 B, A4, op. 22]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2010, 996, est. CCXXI, n.º 3.