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Description: | A slightly concave copper-alloy disc, octagonal in shape, measuring c26mm by c25.5mm in size. Holes of varying sizes but all roughly circular in shape have been pushed through the disc from the slightly concave face to the other slightly convex face. The holes seem to be smaller near to the edge of the disc and they seem to be larger in its centre, they appear to be arranged in straightish horizontal rows. The excess metal around the holes on the convex face has been hammered down. The method of construction of the holes is similar to that on medieval strainers and skimmers, and it is possible that some of the holes around the edge were used to fix it into a vessel or handle.
A very similar, although flatter and slightly larger perforated disc, also discovered at Freckenham, was identified and examined by Helen Geake (see sf4231) who suggests that it is just possible that it is a girdle pendant of early Anglo-Saxon date (probably seventh century AD). This example had one larger hole and Helen suggested that the girdle pendant could have been suspended from the largest hole and had other objects hanging from some of the other holes around the edge, but she also stated that the construction of the holes would be unusual for this. It is therefore impossible to say with certainty what function this object would have performed and what exact date it is. It is however, most likely to be Anglo-Saxon or medieval in period, and to have functioned as a medieval strainer or skimmer or an Anglo-Saxon girdle pendant of some kind. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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