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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy object, probably Medieval, thirteenth or fourteenth century (AD 1200 - AD 1400). Length: 46.3mm; maximum width: 14.5mm and 2.7mm thick. Weight: 5.53g.The object, made from a strip of metal that has probably been cast, is slightly convex at the front and is flat at the rear. It resembles part of a sword and consists of a partial blade, a guard, a short handle and part of a pommel. The blade, which has parallel sides and a width of 12.2mm, has two longitudinal grooves, one either side of a central rivet hole. At the end of the blade there is an old transverse break. The rivet hole is circular and has a diameter of 2.4mm. The guard, the widest part of the object, is not very distinctive and only protrudes a short distance at the sides. The handle with a length of about 6.0mm is relatively short. The handle tapers in width towards the pommel. At its juncture with the blade it has a width of 8.2mm and the width where it joins the pommel is 6.3mm. The pommel is incomplete due to an old break which has occurred through the centre of a rivet hole. This hole is similar to the rivet hole in the blade. Decoration on the front of the pommel is in the form of several longitudinal shallow grooves.The rear face is flat and plain and each rivet hole is burred, indicating perhaps, that the holes were punched from the front to the rear.The object has a light green patina on both faces and is also fractured in a number of places. These fractures appear to be old. The rivet hole in the blade is surrounded by iron staining at the front and rear.No analogy has been found for this object which is possibly part of a mount.
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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