Object: Pin with Ring
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 233, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Co. Dublin,near Clontarf
Parish: Clonarf
County: County Dublin
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 101.5
Width (mm): Ring 47 (outside); 36.5 (inside)
Weight (g): 36
Patina: Black patina with metal showing through
Surface: Smooth
Description: Pin with penannular ring. Shank round, the head is flattened and turned round upon itself to form loop which holds ring. The head is decorated with raised herring bone bordered by 2 beads. Ring is flat behind and without pattern. The middle portion is decorated with transverse grooves which terminate at the wider ends with a high boss. The wide ends themselves are inlaid with green and blue and white enamel, surrounded by a bead of pear shape.