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Description: | A lead alloy object which is inset with a piece of gilded and patterned copper alloy to form what is probably a weight dating from the Early Medieval period. The object is oval in plan and is 24.2mm long, 19mm wide and 9.2mm thick. The lead is hollow on the reverse. The top of the object is formed by the piece of gilded copper alloy. It seems to be a piece which is cut from a circular object because one edge is curved and has a wide gilded border. The internal design consists of a wide dividing line from which most of the gilding is missing, with a decorated panel on each side. One panel contains L shaped bands and the other a leaf shape flanked by triangles with curved sides. The lead extends up the side and even over the top of the copper alloy, so it is impossible to tell how thick the gilded piece is. Similar objects are depicted on page 86 of "Saxon and Viking Artefacts" by Mills and are believed to date from the ninth centuey. The most similar object on the database is SOMDOR-9FE618; described as "an Irish stud which has been encased in lead to form a weight of a type used by Viking traders. Much of the lead has been removed at some point so that only traces remain, suggesting yet further re-use at a later date." This object was dated to the eighth or ninth centuries. The date suggested for this example is the late ninth or early tenth century.
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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