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Description: | A copper alloy cast D-shaped ring, 28mm in diameter and 8mm thick. At its base the ring terminates with another circular hole, at right angles to the larger ring. This circular hole is smaller than the main ring measuring 13mm in diameter. Through this hole there are corroded iron remains. These remains are rectangular in shape measuring 28mm in length and 16mm in width at their widest point. The larger ring is decorated on its outer sides, the decoration is adjacent to where the smaller ring begins. The decoration is 14mm in length and consists of three tranverse V-shaped grooves, which form the head of a dragon, these dragon heads terminate 5mm past the smaller ring. There is also a longitudinal slightly raised line running down the centre of the larger ring. The smaller ring appears to be undecorated. It is likely that this object was originally fitted to a swivel as a similar D-shaped loop with the same shape and decoration, including the dragon head terminals, was found at Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich still attached to a swivel. However, the parallel has a copper-alloy pin where this ring has another smaller ring with corroded iron through it. The parallel is 11th or 12th century in date. Its function is uncertain, it has been suggested that they were components of dogs' leads although they could have other uses too.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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