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Description: | Medieval lead pilgrim badge fragment, 31mm long, 28mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 9.08grams. The object is semi-circular in form and rectangular in section. It appears to depict the neck and shoulders of St. Thomas Becket, probably from the bust style badges illustrated in 'Pilgrim Souvenirs and secular badges' (examples 112-116). It consists of two rectangular panels set diagonally to form a collar. These are decorated with a border of raised dots which contain a line of circle and dot motifs. Below this are two horizontal bands, the upper one contains a line of dot and circles. The lower one, which is incomplete, has raised dots on its outer edge then dot and circles near the centre. There appears to be an attempt to cut between the two bands, almost as though two badges were made in one mould and then snipped apart?
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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