Object: Lunula
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Science and Art, Dublin,Purchased in 1862 from Mr. J. Donegan,(Pl. V.26 R 625)
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 141
Width (mm): 189
Weight (g): 25.45
Description: In 3 pieces - portions missing from each end - also terminals. "The incised decoration is much worn. The sides appear to have had some lines of horizontal zigzag ornament and the outer and inner curve to have been engraved with a continuous narrow band of dog-tooth or zig-zag ornament."