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Description: | An interesting cast copper-alloy Iron Age object, probably a fitting or mount of some type, although a parallel is yet to be found. The object is a hollow chevron shaped tube, 50 mm in length. Within the tube the remains of another copper-alloy bar or tube can be discerned. The item is decorated with two opposing birds on the top. The front has three circular grooves, each surrounded by a circular ridge. Within the central of these grooves is what appears to be the remains of a shell inlay. It is therefore likely that the other two grooves also had inlays of some sort. The rear of the object is undecorated. The object has circular perforations on the top and bottom, above and beneath the left and right decorative grooves, suggesting that something passed though. It is possible, therefore, that this object was used for the suspension of something.
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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