Celtiberian Bronze Pectoral with Dancing Figures in the Archaeological Museum of Madrid, October 2022

Inventory 1940/27/ALP/149

Generic Classification Clothing; personal ornaments; metals; grave goods

Object/Pectoral Document

Components Chest Plate (1)

Matter/Support Bronze

Cast Technique
Chiselled

Dimensions Length = 10 cm; Thickness = 0.10 cm; Maximum width = 5.80 cm

Description Incomplete pectoral plate decorated with embossed dots, a circle surrounded by dots and thin zig-zag lines (figures). Perforations for pendants and rivet. The schematic representation is interpreted as figures holding hands dancing around the sun, a star source of life and in the surroundings of a river.

Iconography Music and dance scene

Dating 400[ac]=201[ac] (S. IV-III a.C.)

Cultural Context/Style Celtiberian culture

Place of Origin Necropolis del Val, Alpanseque (Arcos de Jalón (region), Soria)
Specific Place/Necrópolis del Val Site

Cataloger Protohistory and Colonizations

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