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Description: | Drop-shaped Iron Age toggle made from copper-alloy. Obverse 'eye' design, with circular inner edge tapering to pointed outer edge. A hemisphere in relief forms the 'iris' of the eye (9.7mm in diameter) and contains a smaller circle (the 'pupil'). These concentric circles sit within a horseshoe-shaped ridge with sunken circular terminals. Between this ridge and the pointed outer edge is a thick longitudinal ridge in relief. Transverse ribs between the horseshoe-shaped ridge and the edge serve to create eight cells, three of which contain traces of red enamel. The reverse features a concave depression below the 'iris', towards the circular inner edge. Between this depression and the edge is the beginning of the loop, which is otherwise missing following an old break. The toggle is similar to an example in Murawski (2000, 43; fig. I13-0102).
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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