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Description: | An item resembling the loop and upper part of the stem of a sixth-century Anglian girdle-pendant of the key-shaped variety. The object might be a broken hanger of that kind, or may rather be a complete object in its own right but of similar or associated function to the key girdle-hangers. This object is only 35mm long, of which the upper 9mm consists of a loop set at 90 degrees to the plane of the ornamental pendant. Of the lower, ornamental part, the back is flat. Below the loop it is 7.5mm wide and at most 3mm thick: the ornament is like that of the early cruciform brooch stems, and the girdle hangers. Raised transverse bands are succeeded by a short section with central ridge and chamfered sides: then appear two raised lateral bands with a scooped channel between them: and the lower part is triple-faceted, with ring-and-dot ornament on the upper flat surface. The tip is neatly rounded,though corrosion at this point makes it difficult to be certain that this is the original completion of the item. If explained as part of a usual girdle-pendant, the hanging-loop makes some sense. However, a comparison with an example illustrated by Hattatt shows an animal's head, of the type usually found on the foot of an early cruciform brooch, with just such a looped attachment. Might these have been attached to an unusual type of early cruciform brooch? | Subjects: | looped and faceted girdle | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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