Ballyscullion Bronze Cauldron

Culture: [Bronze Age](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0ff3dtkhrjj) Material: Bronze Accession No: HCA 458 Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). Found at Toome, Co. Antrim, the body and rim comprise eight pieces of beaten bronze, hammered to 1mm and riveted together. Horizontal rows of conical-headed rivets are functional and decorative. Four handles are of cast circular rings of ribbed cross-section. The rim was strengthened by eight vertical slender bronze stays riveted to the body. Cauldrons date to Late Bronze Age Europe, c. 800 BC. They were highly prized, often deposited in watery places. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/64e856bd-9f41-3e76-a2c8-ee6b7b6247ca/?s%3Dcauldron&pos=1). Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab文化归属：[青铜时代（Bronze Age）](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0ff3dtkhrjj)；材质：青铜；入藏编号：HCA 458；现藏地：[亨特博物馆（The Hunt Museum）](https://www.huntmuseum.com/)，[利默里克（Limerick）](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html)。该器物出土于安特里姆郡图姆（Toome, Co. Antrim），器身与口沿由八片捶打成型的青铜片制成，经捶打至1毫米厚度，并以铆接工艺拼接固定。多排圆锥头铆钉兼具实用与装饰双重属性。四件把手为横截面带有肋纹的铸造圆环。口沿通过八根垂直细长的青铜撑条加固，该撑条以铆接方式固定于器身。此类青铜釜的年代可追溯至欧洲晚青铜时代，约公元前800年。这类器物弥足珍贵，常被沉置于水域中作为祭献。[更多详情请见](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/64e856bd-9f41-3e76-a2c8-ee6b7b6247ca/?s%3Dcauldron&pos=1)。数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab