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Description: | Part of a sixth-century copper-alloy girdle-hanger of Anglian type, in the form of a pseudo-key. This portion represents only the rectangular pierced or openwork head of the article: the entire shaft and the loop for suspension are broken off and lost. This remaining portion is 33mm wide and 25.5mm high, 2mm thick, with two rectangular piercings 11.5mm by 5mm either side of a central vertical bar 8mm wide which represents the base of the stem or shank. There are possible traces of a ring-and-dot detail on one side but this is not certain and may be illusory. These objects are most commonly found as furnishings in female graves of the 6th century, usually inhumations, and are a marker for the Anglian cultural sphere. | 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: | 500
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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