Iron Age


pre-Roman Iron Age: Hallstatt period, Latene period



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Bronze helmet (6th-1st BCE)                            
found in the Thames, Waterloo Bridge,                  
London, England                                        
See also 09-01-03/38
#09010337

Bronze helmet (6th-1st BCE) found in the Thames, Wat...

Bronze helmet (6th-1st BCE)                            
found in the Thames, Waterloo Bridge,                  
London, Emgland                                        
See also 09-01-03/37
#09010338

Bronze helmet (6th-1st BCE) found in the Thames, Wat...

Engraved iron blade of a lance (6th-1st BCE)           
Length 30 cm
#09010339

Engraved iron blade of a lance (6th-1st BCE) Length 30 cm

Enamelled bronze shield, made for display, not for serious warfare (350-50 BCE). A high domed boss in the middle is
over where the handle was underneath. The La Tene-style decoration is made with rpoussee technique, with engraving and stippling. 27 framed studs of red enamel. The shield was 
thrown or placed in the River Thames where many weapons 
were offered as sacrifices in the Bronze- and Iron ages.

 



Height 85 cm
#09010340

Enamelled bronze shield, made for display, not for serious warfare (350-50 BCE)....

Enamelled bronze shield (show-piece) (6th-1st BCE).    
Central part (detail of 09-01-03/40)                   
found in the Thames at Battersea, England              
Overall height 85 cm
#09010341

Enamelled bronze shield (show-piece) (6th-1st BCE). Central part (detail of...

Enamelled bronze shield (show-piece) (6th-1st BCE).    
Close-up of an ornament (detail of 09-01-03/41)        
found in the Thames at Battersea, England              
Overall height 85 cm
#09010342

Enamelled bronze shield (show-piece) (6th-1st BCE). Close-up of an ornament...

Detail of a bronze shield (6th-1st BCE)                
from Witham, northern England.
#09010343

Detail of a bronze shield (6th-1st BCE) from Witham, northern En...

Phalera, ornamental plaque (6th-1st BCE)               
of a horse harness with bronze filligree               
from Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe, Marne, France              
Diameter 25 cm
#09010344

Phalera, ornamental plaque (6th-1st BCE) of a horse harness with...

Phalera, ornamental plaque disk of a horse harness     
(6th-1st BCE). Close-up of the filligree work          
(Detail of 09-01-03/44)                                
from Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe, France.                    
Diameter 25 cm
#09010345

Phalera, ornamental plaque disk of a horse harness (6th-1st BCE). Close-up...

Detail of the mounting on a bronze pitcher             
found in the princely tomb (4th BCE)                   
at Waldalgesheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
#09010346

Detail of the mounting on a bronze pitcher found in the princely to...

A bronze scabbard (6th-1st BCE).                       
Detail of the decoration
#09010347

A bronze scabbard (6th-1st BCE). Detail of the decoration

Dolphin on a bronze bracelet (3rd BCE-1st CE).
#09010348

Dolphin on a bronze bracelet (3rd BCE-1st CE).