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Description: | Copper-alloy pin with tip missing. The head is made up of a globular element between two 'cordons' (moulded ridges running around the head), with a worn-through loop on top. The head is 5 mm in diameter and the loop is 6 mm in diameter. Both cordons have a groove around their perimeter; the lower groove is a spiral of one turn with the ends overlapping a short way. Below the head, the shaft is 3 mm in diameter; it has a row of short transverse grooves, spaced at slightly irregular 4-5 mm intervals. At about 40 mm along its length the pin begins to bend in a smooth curve to about 80 degrees, and it then has a fresh break. The curve does not appear to have caused any stress to the metal, so may be original. Unbent length 69 mm, bent length 59 mm. Not exactly similar to any of Cool's types; the closest is Type 2 (Knob on Cordon Head). It is also possible that this object is a toilet implement; it was found together with another moulded shaft with suspension loop, sf4838. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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