|
Date: |
|
Description: | A copper-alloy moustache-like object, as found in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead 1998), cast in one piece to form a distinctly three-dimensional shape. Width 56.23mm, height 11.84mm, 11.06mm in thickness. There is a central hole, rectangular in shape, 9.17mm by 5.01mm in size, in the centre of the upper curving edge of the object. The object has a swollen body and both faces have a central vertical constriction, which runs up the centre of the central hole, the drop-shaped parts to either side of this constriction have slanting grooves on both faces and the terminals taper and curve upwards to incomplete points, broken due to old breaks.Other moustache-shaped objects are known from England, one from the Salisbury Hoard, one from Maiden Castle and two from Norfolk (one from Gayton). In J. D. Hill's opinion they are Iron Age, but are of unknown function. However as none has yet been found from a securely excavated datable context their date remains uncertain, indeed rather than being prehistoric their form could perhaps indicates that they are later in date even as far as post medieval. Other Suffolk examples include one from Mildenhall, see SF-9183.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|