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Description: | A copper-alloy fork-like object, this object is bent and consists of a shaft which measures about 90mm in length and has a square cross-section. One end of the shaft tapers and the other flares into a flat rectangular part, width 4mm and length 9mm, with three incomplete prongs projecting from its end. Although no exact parallel for this object could be found, it seems most likely to be a fork of some kind. Small Anglo-Saxon forks are known and a spoon-fork combination object has been found at Brandon, Suffolk, during excavations there; this is dated to the 9th century AD (Webster and Backhouse 1991, 86, Fig 66p). The exact function of such items is currently unknown. This example may therefore be a fork of the same date, although it is smaller than the Brandon fork-spoon combination and has a square cross-sectioned shaft rather than a circular or flat one as other examples seem to.
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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