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Description: | A copper alloy possible fragment of a girdle hanger dating from the Early Medieval period. Only the suspension loop and part of the shaft survives. The object is 45.4mm long, 7.9mm wide and 7mm thick. It is sub-rectangular and tapers towards the suspension loop. Viewed from the side the object widens towards the suspension loop. The loop itself is damaged with the top missing. There are mouldings that consist mainly of transverse notches across the front face. Much of the detail is obstructed by corrosion and pitting. 10mm from the lower end (which is presumably an ancient break), the shaft steps in thickness, so the upper part of the shaft is twice as thick as the lower part. All surfaces, including the breaks, are patinated and are mid green in colour with areas of light corrosion. A similar object can be seen on page 164 of 'A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk' by West (1998). Girdle hangers are usually dated to the early part of the Anglo-Saxon period; 400 - 720AD.
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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