torc
Britishnoun
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It was also the "first ever" torc "reported as treasure from Essex".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
A section of a Bronze Age twisted gold torc has been found in a field by a metal detectorist.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
The following year, the then Irish president Mary McAleese presented the playwright with a gold torc, in recognition of his election as a Saoi, a wise one, by the members of Aosdana.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2015
The famous statue of the Dying Gaul preserved in the Capitol at Rome shows a torc on the warrior’s neck.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George
In later times the torc was the distinguishing ornament of the Celt, and there are many allusions to torcs in classical writers.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George
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