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Description: | A copper-alloy swivel. This swivel is T-shaped, 24mm in width and 16mm in length. The cross-bar of the 'T' is triangular in cross-section, its back face is flat, and has two projections, which have circular cross-sections, the longest of projection is 5mm in length, they are placed at either end of the bar. It seems likely that these projections would have attached the swivel to a leather strap of some kind. The vertical bar of the T-shape flares towards its base and is perforated by two circular holes, one at either side of it, through these holes an iron rivet still remains. This rivet is likely to have held another fitting to the swivel. This swivel is most likely to be for a horse harness pendant and it is medieval in date. | 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 | Temporal: | 1066
1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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