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Description: | A hollow copper alloy object, likely to have been the ornamental pommel of a dagger. The fact that the artefact is hollow suggests that it has not been cast, unless it was cast around a lump of wood that was then burned away. It is more likely that the artefact was wrought, starting out as a cylinder, and being beaten into a sphere from inside. The thickness of the metal itself is around 2.8mm. This artefact is a slightly flattened sphere, with holes at the poles: one hole, almost circular is 9.69mm across. The other is almost square, and 12.18mm across. This square hole has rounded sides, suggesting that it was deformed when the pommel parted company with the rest of the dagger. The square hole would have been for the tang, the narrower end of which would have passed through the smaller round hole, to be crimped and covered by an ornamental mount. This slightly squashed piece is 27.30mm in diameter, and undecorated. However, it has a smooth surface, and was clearly once shiny, so as to form a gaudy gold-coloured sphere on the end of the dagger grip. The artefact has a dent in one side but is otherwise in good condition, with a brown surface, lightly pitted, with greyish-green blotches. This artefact is likely to date to the Medieval or Post Medieval periods.
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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