Torc
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/4525
- Note
- A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together. The great majority are open at the front, although some had hook and ring closures and a few had mortice and tenon locking catches to close them. Many seem designed for near-permanent wear and would have been difficult to remove. Torcs are found in the Scythian, Illyrian, Thracian, Celtic, and other cultures of the European Iron Age from around the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD. For the Iron Age Celts, the gold torc seems to have been a key object. It identifies the wearer as a person of high rank, and many of the finest works of ancient Celtic art are torcs. The Celtic torc disappears in the Migration Period, but during the Viking Age torc-style metal necklaces, now mainly in silver, came back into fashion. Torc styles of neck-ring are found as part of the jewellery styles of various other cultures and periods.
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Torques
Dieser Torques ist im...
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Image: Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Thüringens - CC BY-NC-SA -
Briefbeschwerer mit sterbendem Gallier
Briefbeschwerer aus Eisenguss...
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Image: Rheinisches Eisenkunstguss-Museum - CC BY-NC-SA -
Potinmünze des keltischen Stammes der Remer
Dies ist eine Potinmünze des...
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Image: Sparkassenverband Baden-Württemberg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Bruchstück eines Halsringes mit profilierten Enden (Pufferenden)
Das Fragment eines...
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Image: Kreismuseum Jerichower Land, Genthin - CC BY-NC-SA -
Гривна шийна
Гривна шийна (ХІ-ХІІІ ст.),...
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Image: Рівненський обласний краєзнавчий музей - CC BY-NC-SA
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