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Description: | Unidentified object made from copper alloy. It is basically shield-shaped, with a straight top and edges gently curving to a point. It is 6mm thick, however, with a flat reverse and curved front, and has decoration which is too three-dimensional to represent an actual shield. The straight top has two grooves which run across at a slight angle, combining to form a wide depression with a central curved-top ridge. Below this, pairs of narrow grooves radiate, curving over the front and down the edges of the object. Again the decoration is asymmetrical, so that the grooves are spaced more evenly on the right (as you look at it) than on the left. On the reverse, the lowest point of the object is extended to form a broken shank, perhaps from an attachment rivet, bringing the thickness of the object to 11 mm. The shape of the break hints that the shank may originally have been hollow, and here there is some iron corrosion. There is also a break at the top on the reverse, where part of the edge has come away. The object appears to be medieval, but its function is unknown. The flat reverse could fit against any flat surface.
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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