Bronze domed shield boss or phalera

Culture: [Bronze Age](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0kh9ds7q8m) Material: Bronze Diam: H 22.3 Accession No: HCA 662 Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/) [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html) A [phalera](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300261080) or [shield boss](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300222454) of thin sheet bronze. A central domed disc is surrounded by a flat rim with a moulded edge. Along the rim are 25 moulded smaller circles, each with a central moulded dot. The central dome is concave with a tiny punched hole in the centre through which a small pointed rod of bronze was pushed to form a tiny loop and two pins on the reverse. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/68551354-ac56-3798-9f58-93d3b6ba3b1a/?s%3Dphalera&pos=2) Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab