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Description: | Two copper-alloy adjoining incomplete parts of a single object which is most likely to be late early medieval or Viking Age in date due to its style and its distinctive reddish brown patina, as seen on other objects, such as stirrup terminals and mounts, of a similar date.
The object is in two halves due to an old break in its centre, now worn. It consists of a straight bar which has a D-shaped section and the front face of which is decorated with transverse grooves. The break is in the centre of the bar. The object measures 69.87mm in length and the bar is 8.43mm in width and 6.85mm in thickness. Projecting from beneath one edge of the middle of the bar there is an incomplete integral loop, which appears to have been oval in shape originally. The loop is 19.88mm in external width and 10.25mm in interbal width. The loop has an oval section.
The style of this object is similar to late early medieval harness links and bit links, which have D-shaped shafts with oval or lozenge-shaped loops at either end. Although this example is unusual having a loop in its centre. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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