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Description: | Mount, copper alloy rectangular bar, the reverse is flat whilst the face is convex. There is a groove, 2mm wide, running along the bottom edge of the face. In the top half of the left side there is a 2 dimensional animal facemask that faces to the left. This is represented by ears that protrude over the side of the bar, below this is a chip carved eye shown by a semicircle that is lying on its side, below which is a line that runs the length of the head that has vertical grooves underneath, possibly representing teeth. Both ends have been broken/snapped, these are rough, old breaks.
The purpose of this artefact is uncertain, it may have been a mount on a box, perhaps used as a binding strip or simply as a decorative fitting. The style of decoration suggests a date of 800-1300.
Rally find. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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