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Description: | This is a very unusual single-cast bronze bell, small enough to be held between two fingers by a large integral ring at the apex. The form is a somewhat rounded-off version of a four-sided pyramid, with four flat faces which taper towards the apex, but are smoothly rounded into each other at the corners and summit. Each face is about 28mm broad at the base. Just below the summit there are two circular holes in the bell-walls, corresponding to the front and back of the suspension loop - there are no equivalent holes in the side faces. These are presumably for the suspension of the clanger, perhaps supported on a rod set through these holes, or even in-cast with such a rod to pivot upon it rather than dangling freely. The bell suspension loop appears to be in-cast with the remainder, and is slightly ovate and irregular, as if set on end relative to the crown of the bell. Its height above the summit is about 18mm, the breadth of the band is 4.5mm and the thickness from inside to outside is only 2.5mm. The large aperture is about 14mm in diameter, and the outer diameter of the loop is c17.5mm. This bell is quite unusual, and although it resembles the little 'Norse' bells in some respects, it is most likely to be Roman in origin. The walls of the bell are about 2mm thick. | 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: | 43
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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