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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Early Medieval chatelaine or key hanger. In plan the object is a sub-trapezoid with a narrowed section near the shortest edge. The longest and shortest edges have a row of circular perforations and have scalloped edges. Through one of these perforations there is a strand of copper alloy wire S-shaped loop around the edge. Through this are loops made of two strand wire. Both faces are decorated with three transverse ridges of varying widths. The object has a white metal alloy coating as it has a dull grey surface. Two very similar examples from Coddenham are illustrated in West (West, S. 1998 A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk East Anglian Archaeology Vol. 84), Figure 22 Nos. 19 and 20, which are dated possibly to the late Early Medieval or early Medieval period. Further examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, BH-0FA375, NARC-891FF6, WAW411295& SUR-EA7CA1
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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