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Description: | A fragment of a corroded copper-alloy object, which may be a dagger chape or an item of personal adornment. A similar 'moustache object' was found as part of the Salibury hoard (I.M. Stead; 1998; no. 117). They are thought to be of late Bronze Age or early Iron Age date. For a close parallel on the P.A.S. database, see DENO-0E9FA1.
The object, which is hollow cast, has the appearance of one side of a moustache. The upper edge is roughly flat, whilst the underside has a pronounced bulge towards the right hand side. It is probable that a second half of similar nature would originally have adjoined the wider end of the object. At the centre point, where the object is broken, there are traces of iron corrosion or mineralised leather. The narrower, distal end is also damaged amd incomplete. The surface of the object is decorated with closely-spaced ridges which follow the contours of the piece.
The artefact measures 32.9mm long by up to 14.5mm in diameter and weighs 14.75g. | Subjects: | Chape (possibly) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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