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Description: | A cast copper alloy spur. This record comprises two fragments of the same artefact. The rowel box, neck, sides and one terminal survive as one piece, the other terminal has broken off but also survives (as the second artefact). The break is worn on both pieces. The first piece measures 54.24mm in length and weighs 28.85g. The remains of the iron bar, which would have held the rowel, are visible on either side of the rowel box, which is angled slightly upwards. The neck is short (11.33mm maximum) and thickens towards the sides of the spur. The sides are oval in section. The first side ends with a double looped terminal and is bent in at an angle towards the other side. The loops of the terminal are set apart and on opposite edges of the side part of the spur: the first on the bottom, the second on the top. There are the remains of a copper alloy rivet in the first loop, the terminal loop has an aperture but the rivet is missing. The second object (the other broken off terminal) measures 33.05mm in length and weighs 9.48g. The second terminal is the same shape as previously described, and measures 39.80mm in length. This part of the artefact consists of four separate components. In both loops the copper alloy rivets survive. The heads of the rivets measure 10.29mm (terminal) and 10.39mm. A cast copper alloy attachment loop is attached to the first terminal loop by the rivet. This measures 9.51mm in diameter, and can revolve around the rivet shaft. The metal of both pieces of the artefact is worn and a dull brownish green in colour.
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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