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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy girdle-hanger of late 5th to 6th century date (Anglo-saxon). This is the first example of a girdle-hanger to be recorded on the PAS database from Bedfordshire. For three similar examples from Suffolk, including one with attached keys, see West, 1998, fig. 110.The piece comprises a roughly U-shaped 'bit' with flat surfaces. A small, worn projection at the centre of the upper edge of the horizontal ward, is all that remains of the shaft. There are four semi-circular lobes, one close to each corner on the horizontal bottom side, the others just below the top of each vertical ward. The outer sides of these vertical wards are concave. The girdle-hanger is open - i.e. there are no horizontal wards at the top. There are no traces of decoration on the corroded surfaces.The object measures 38.5mm long, 35.3mm wide and 2.9mm thick. The weight is 12.28g.
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