To make this flanged torc,
the craftsman hammered up three flanges of one cm height and 1 mm thickness.
On the right side of the outer flange, a hole ruptured while the flange was
being hammered or while the torc was being twisted. Because untwisted flanged
torcs are unusual, it seems that the hole deterred him/her from finishing it.
The round terminals are bent back and locked together.
This torc was found with a ribbon torc
during the process of disc-harrowing a field. The torcs had been deposited in
damp land on the edge of a swamp. Archaeologists determined this torc to have
been made during the late Bronze Age.
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