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Description: | 1: A copper-alloy unidentified object consisting of two rectangular shaped arms which project from the sides of a rectangular part. Each arm measures c21.3mm in length and 6.4mm in width and has two parallel rivet holes, one near its tip and the other near its base, corroded iron can be seen around the rivet hole near the arms terminals. The rectangular part is hollow and measures 23.2mm in length and 17.7mm in width. Inbetween the base of the arms, where they join the rectangular part, its edge has been rolled over onto its front face. This rolled over edge is decorated with diagonal grooves, now worn. Traces of tiny cross-hatches can also be seen elsewhere on the front face of the rectangular part. 2: A copper-alloy unidentified object consisting of two rectangular arms which project from the sides of a rectangular part. Each arm measures c22.8mm in length and has two parallel rivet holes, one near its terminal and the other near its base, corroded iron can be seen within and around these holes. The rectangular part is hollow and measures 14.7mm in length and 16mm in width. Inbetween the base of the arms, where they join the rectangular part, its edge has been rolled over onto its front face. This rolled over edge is decorated with disgonal grooves. The front face of the rectangular part is also decorated with a tiny incised transverse row of zigzags. 3: A copper-alloy incomplete unidentified object, it appears to have orignally to have consisted of two arms projecting from the sides of a triangular shaped part. Now only one bent distorted arm and an incomplete triangular part survives. The surviving arm is rectangular in shape and measures 24mm inlength, it is bent in its centre, and 6.4mm in width. It has two parallel rivet holes each with corroded iron within and surrounding them. The triangular part measures 22.5mm by 20.5mm in size. Its front face is decorated with a transverse row of tiny zigzags and below this V-shaped rows of zigzags. These three objects are obviously similar and presumably performed the same function. However, no parallel could be found for them so what their function was remains a mystery. They are likely to date to the medieval or early 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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