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Description: | Fragment, cast copper-alloy fitting, perhaps from a vessel? Convex, with a supporting slightly out-splayed lower edge, giving the appearance of a vessel rim, but the upper and lower edges are unbroken. Curving section, with rounded upper edge and slightly pointed lower edge. Tapering slightly to broken end which would originally have held the means of attachment. The outer surface is decorated with engraved false lettering and pseudo-Runic symbols with closely-set horizontal lines extending from some of the letters. Dark green patina, with traces of bright green within the engraved areas. The exact function of this object is unknown, but it seems most likely that it was a decorative fitting/plaque from a vessel of some form. False lettering is probably an attempt at lettering by the illiterate, and is most frequently encountered on 13th-14th century annular brooches such as those from the Museum of London collections (Egan & Pritchard 1991, 248-9 nos. 1308-09, 1313 fig. 160).
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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