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Description: | A copper-alloy probable fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger. A fragment of the base of the shaft and of the terminal now survive, the rest of this probable girdle hanger is missing due to old breaks, now worn. This fragment is also damaged by extreme heat, it is distorted and burnt. It is likely to have originally have been deposited in an early Anglo-Saxon cremation and was discovered in association with other early Anglo-Saxon long brooches and other artefacts.
The fragment measures 35.7mm in total surviving length. The shaft is flat, 8mm in width and 2.5mm in thickness. A fragment of the three pronged terminal directly beneath the shaft survives (15mm in width and 10mm in height) but both terminal prongs are now missing. Near to the terminal and horizontally across it on both faces there are irregular, roughly oval shaped indentations, these may be the remains of decoration of some kind, or they could be due to damage this object has sustained during burning. As only a fragment of this object remains it can not be said with complete certainty that it is indeed a girdle hanger, however, from what we do have this seems the most likely option. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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