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Description: | A copper-alloy complete possible Viking gaming piece. It is cross-shaped in cross-section, each arm flares towards the base and terminates with a rounded knop. It measures 17.74mm in height and 14.75mm in base width and 13.63mm in base thickness, it has a hollow base. It tapers towards its upper terminal end, which has a rounded projection. Similar, solid, possible gaming pieces has been found at Long melford, Suffolk see SF-C01997, and two hollow very simliar examples have also been found at Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, see SF-6F5256 and SF-6F7361. However, these parallels are lead rather than copper-alloy. An alternative function of these objects would have been as weights rather than gaming pieces.
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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