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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object. This object consists of a rectangular-shaped shaft with a water bird terminal, it is 61mm in length. The shaft is rectangular in shape and measures 46mm in length and 8mm in width. Both faces of the shaft have diagonal ridges running across them. One end is missing due to an old break, this broken end is split vertically. The other end of the shaft terminates in the shape of a water bird, this bird has a horizontal groove across its body, probably indicating its wings, and diagonal grooves down its neck, probably depicting feathers. Its head is large and beak rounded. The date of this object is also unknown and no parallel could be found for it. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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