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Description: | A cast copper alloy Iron Age unidentified object. The tapering shaft is rectangular in section and terminates with an incomplete pointed end. The widest end is rounded at the top and has a triangular attachment hole. Both faces of the shaft have a grooved border, but the front is decorated with elaborate incised decoration in the form of curvilinear swirl with basket weave motifs behind. The middle part of the shaft has been damaged and bent, making some of the decoration difficult to see. The edges of the shaft also have a groove decoration all the way around. The surviving length is 81.2mm, the maximum width is 9.6mm, the thickness is 1.8mm and the weight is 6.83g.
Objects decoratd with the same basket weave decorated have been dated to 25-70AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Staves, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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