Bronze Age — Umbo / Shield boss — 3000 - 2000 B.C

Bronze Age, 3000 - 2000 B.C, Bronze, 132 mm diameter Condition: Good condition. Documented provenance. Antikarts dossier with presentation, characteristics and traceability.
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Detailed Description

Item: Umbo / Shield boss.

Culture: Bronze Age.

Dating: 3000 - 2000 B.C.

Material: Bronze.

Dimensions: 132 mm diameter.

Analysis & expertise

Record prepared for Antikarts from the photographs and technical information provided by the source.

Attributions and measurements are retained as cataloguing markers, without over-interpretation.

This entry is preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference (no price displayed).

Characteristics

Item: Umbo / Shield boss

Material: Bronze

Culture: Bronze Age

Period: 3000 - 2000 B.C

Dimensions: 132 mm diameter

Condition: Good condition

Historical context

During the Bronze Age, expanding networks and new techniques reshaped societies. Ceramics, ornaments and tools document practices, exchange routes and regional identities.

Attribution: Bronze Age. Dating indicated: 3000 - 2000 B.C.

Cultural value

Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.

Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.

Traceability & guarantees

Provenance (summary): Ex Japanese private collection (deceased), acquired between 1970 - 2010 A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield. Shield bosses (or sometimes.

Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.

Archived source: https://www.yourantiquarian.com/product/bronze-age-umbo-shield-boss/.

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Material, chronological and cultural record for the object

Reference YA-7016
Period
Bronze Age
Date
3000 - 2000 B.C
Metal
Bronze
Diameter
132 mm diameter
Other References
YA-7016
Condition
Good condition
Provenance
Ex Japanese private collection (deceased), acquired between 1970 - 2010 A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield. Shield bosses (or sometimes, just "bosses") are usually made of thick metal but coul