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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar of late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. The pendant frame and most of both side bars are now missing due to old breaks. It has a rectangular central block, measuring 17.80mm in width, 14.08mm in height and 11.14mm in thickness, that is decorated on front and back faces with three vertical and diagonal incised grooves. The loop is oval in shape and cast in one with the shank, which passes through a circular perforation in the central block and has a separate circular rove. Short sections of both arms are preserved, each with oval shaped section and stylised zoomorphic (animal head) mouldings at the junction between the arms and central block. Both arms terminate in old breaks, the remaining lengths now missing. The surviving section of the purse bar measures 70.08mm in width, 55.67mm in height, and weighs 42.68g. Several similar examples to this purse bar are found on the PAS database, notably BH-3500B2, BERK-265AA1, SF-0941B3, BERK-F824F5, and DENO-7C9FF3. These indicate a date in the late Medieval to early Post-Medieval period for this example.
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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