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Description: | Cast copper alloy complex petal or cruciform strap junction. The object is symmetrical. Two petals are linked together by a central ?amazon shield motif with a shallow horizontal central groove. The terminals of the shields slightly overlay the base of the petals, creating a crescent shaped panel within the body of the petals. These panels are subdivided into three 'leaves' containing a blue-turquoise enamel, and the recesses surrounding containing a greenish enamel. The shield is flanked by two bulls eye motifs (ring-within-a-ring), which inturn are flanked by two rectangular panels. The rectangular panels are subdivided into four smaller rectangular cells, two containing blue-turquoise enamel, and two containing a greenish enamel. A rectangular strap bar joins the rectangular panels on the reverse, and consequently when the object is viewed from the front, the strap bar is completely hidden. By definition this object is not technically a strap junction, having only one rectangular strap bar on the reverse, however its design and decoration bears close parallels to a number of examples from the 'ring with concealed bars', and 'petal or cruciform' strap junction groupings (cf. MacGregor, p32). The reverse technology of this artefact is identical to two others noted by MacGregor (1976), both from the petal or cruciform group, found at West Stowe (MacGregor, Vol 2, #28) and Traprain Law (MacGregor, Vol 1, p34). | 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 | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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