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Description: | Cast copper alloy link; probably of late Medieval date. The link has a pointed oval middle section with lobed knops to either side of the pointed ends and two rough incised tranverse lines across the oval body. It is rectangular in cross section with a flat back, front and sides. The sides and back are covered in rough file marks while the front is smoothed. At either end, attached to the points are large, roughly oval, transverse knops with off centre circular piercings. The piercings are thus at 90 degrees to the plane of the link. The knops are are rectangular in section with flat sides and rough file marks. One appears to have a slight, old, break at the end.
It is 39.1mm long, 11.4mm wide and 8.6mm thick (including the end knops, 2.8mm excluding them); it weighs 5.96 grams.
From the form this is likely to be a link, perhaps with rings attached at either end but it's exact function and the larger object it formed part of is unclear. It could be part of a hasp from a casket or group of weights, for example, or part of a harness or suspension chain arrangement. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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