bulla – 9 sep 2021

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Picture by Shaun Fellows / Shine Pix Ltd. An extraordinary
sun pendant is to go on public
display for the first time
as part of the British
Museum’s National Programmes. The sun pendant,
also known as a bulla, could be one of the
most
significant pieces of Bronze Age metalwork ever
discovered in Britain
. The rare and spectacular
object will be hosted at Shrewsbury Museum & Art
Gallery later this year from September until
December as a British Museum Spotlight Loan.
Discovered in the Shropshire Marches in May 2018
by an anonymous metal detector user, nothing like the sun pendant has been found in this
country for over a century.

Bulla sun pendant