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Description: | Fragment of a thin bronze crescentic fitting, richly decorated on one side and plain on the other, pierced and with a twisted and broken extension at the centre back of the crescent. At this point the band of the crescent is 13.5mm broad and 1mm thick, and has a circular piercing in the plate. To either side of this the ornament is empanelled, and shows angled parallel banding of beaded lines formed with a roulette or tool with tiny triangular punch-heads. This patterning alternates in a chevron-like manner to create triangular spaces filled with parallel banding. The surviving arm of the crescent is now bent, but was formerly 53mm long from the pierced centrepoint. The other arm is partly broken away. The surviving arms shows an indented outline on the convex edge, and a detailing of the shape of the arm-tip, which suggests this is meant for an animal's head, but very abstracted in design. Two colleagues of this recorder's consider that it represents a chicken, though some may not wish to accept this. The object bears a distinct green patination. The identification is not certain, but the twisted attachment suggests a lug and this would effectively result in the object hanging with the arms of the crescent facing downwards. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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