Arm ring of gold B4513

Foto: Ann Mari Olsen © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Coiled spiral arm ring, made of two gold threads. The ends are twisted.

Location:
Lista, exact area unknown, Farsund, Vest-Agder

Context:
Probably found in a pile at Lista, although the exact location is unknown. The ring was bought from a jeweler in Stavanger.

Dating:
Early Bronze Age period 3

 

Gold spiral finger rings B2598/a-b

Foto: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gold spiral rings, both made of a double gold thread. According to Marstrander (1977), the gold is from Schleswig-Holstein and the northern part of Lower Saxony.

Location:
Sele, Klepp, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a grave, underneath a stone slab together with pottery shards and cremated bones.

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3.

Gold arm ring B1893

Foto: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Twisted gold ring, with smooth ends. A similar bracelet was found at Hodne in Klepp municipality (S4091). The gold is from Schleswig-Holstein and the northern part of Lower Saxony. Width: 6.5 cm

Location:
Utvik, Karmøy, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a mound at Reheia on Karmøy in 1823. The mound was the largest of the mounds on the site, on the west side of a standing rock. The chamber was 1.98 x 0.83 m and built of stone and sand. The bracelet was found with gold leaf (B01616), at the northern end of the chamber. A broken bronze sword was found but was not submitted to the museum and is now lost. Some of the stones on the left side of the chamber protruded like shelves, filled with sand, and the sword was found on one of these.

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3

Gold leaf B1616

Fragments of thin gold leaf.

Found in a mound at Reheia on Karmøy in 1823. The mound was the largest of the mounds on the site, on the west side of a standing rock. The chamber was 1.98 x 0.83 m and built of stone and sand. Gold leaf was found along with a gold bracelet (B01893), at the northern end of the chamber. A broken bronze sword was found but was not submitted to the museum and is now lost.

Location:
Utvik, Karmøy, Rogaland

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3

Gold leaf B548

Fragments of thin gold foil.

Context:
Found in a pile at Reheia in 1844; we do not know which mound and there is no information about the burial. It was found together with a bronze double button (B546) and cremated bones (B547).

Location:
Utvik, Karmøy, Rogaland

Date:
Early Bronze Age period 3