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Ourense Torcs
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The Orense Torcs on display at the British Museum
Material Gold
Size 13.7cm diameter
Created c. 300-150 BC
Present location British Museum, London
Registration 1960,0503.1-2

The Ourense Torcs are a pair of Iron Age gold torc neck rings found near Ourense in Northwest Spain in the 1950s. They were acquired by the British Museum in 1960.

Discovery

The exact find spot of the two neck rings has never been confirmed but experts have determined, based on the shape and design of the torcs, that they originate from Ourense in the province of Galicia near the Spanish/Portuguese border.

Description

The two gold torcs are nearly identical with double reel-shaped terminals and circular body. The terminals have a large tapered central depression, with embossed ornamentation around the edge. Their Celtic design is characteristic of the torcs produced in Galicia and northern Portugal, in the Iberian Peninsula.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Torques de Orense para niños

Gallery of Galician torcs

  • Ourivería. Torques, arracadas, doas de colar.

    Northern Galician torcs

  • Torque de Santa Tegra 1

    Torc terminal from A Guarda, Galicia. Museo do Castro de St. Tegra

  • Galician celtic torc

    Northern Gallaeci torc (Artabri type with "pear" terminals), showing construction, and decoration of the hoop

  • Torques de Burela. Museo Provincial de Lugo

    Torc from Burela, Galicia, with double moulding scotiae terminals, and hoop decoration. At 1.812 kilos, the heaviest Iberian torc.

  • Galician warrior head

    A Gallaecian warrior's head, wearing helmet and a torc. Museo Provincial de Ourense

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