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Description: | A copper-alloy incomplete unidentified object which could be late early-medieval or medieval in date. The object is missing one end due to old breaks, the other end has a flat oval pierced probable suspension loop and below this there is a rectangular shaft. This shaft begins flat and then has a projecting square boss, below this is has a D-shaped section it is beginning to taper at the break. The object measures 46.17mm in length and 6.73mm in width across the loop and 5.79mm in width across the wisdest part of the shaft. The copper-alloy is reddish in colour and reminsecent of the metal used on late Anglo-Saxon objects such as stirrup-strap mounts.Compare LEIC-3EDB92.
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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