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Description: | Hollow cross shaped copper alloy object that maybe a form of strap distributor or fitting of uncertain use. The object is an equal armed cross with arms that are trapizoid in section and hollow so a string could be threaded from top to bottom or left to right. There is extensive remains gilding on all sides. The front is decortaed with raised decoration. In the centre is a pellet surrounded by eight raised radiating triangles each with a row of raised pellets running down the centre. On each arm there is a curved row of pellets nearest the centre beyond which is a face with wide eyebrows, annulet eyes, nose with nostrils and possibly a moustache or mouth (unclear due to wear at the ends of the arms). The face on each arm has the lower end of the face nearest the end of the cross arm. No parallel could be found for this object in the usual sources although the style suggests a Medieval date possibly 12th-14th century but probably nearer the end of this range. It is 24.2mm long and 24.3mm wide, each arms is 5.8mm wide by 6.7mm thick; it weighs 5.04 grams.
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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