Object: Lunula
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science & Art, Dublin, Plate II, 10, W 5., presented in 1842 by the Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Site: Ireland, Co Roscommon, near Athlone
County: County Westmeath
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Width (mm): 287 x 287; 127
Weight (g): 119.915
Composition: gold
Description: Restored, it had been cut into 5 pieces, portions of the outer curve are imperfect. The largest specimen in the collection. Elaborately ornamented.
Publications: Proc. Royal Irish Academy ii, p. 274.