Penannular Ring-Brooch Mould

Description

Culture: [Early Christian](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0ff3dt3t2p) Material: Soapstone Dims: H 6.1cm W 5.9cm Accession No: HCA 686 Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/) [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html) A valve with moulds for penannular [ring-brooches](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300263352) on both sides. One negative is for a ribbed ring with slightly expanded, triangular terminals. Pouring channels are located at the terminal ends. Depressions in two corners indicate where other valve was secured. The reverse has a negative for a plain ring with spheroid terminals and a smaller ring with small spheroid terminals. Pouring channels are visible for both. There is an [ogham](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300263074) inscription on one edge. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/7d99dca4-fd93-39f1-b7de-aa0c18a1778d/?s%3Dmould&pos=9)