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Description: | Medieval? copper alloy and gilt mount, 29mm long, 20mm wide, 4mm thick with a weight of 6.84 grams. The object is T shaped and in two pieces which loosely fit together. It has a greenish brown patina and the upper portion has traces of heavy gilding. The lower portion has a rounded, splayed terminal with three circular depressions on the upper and lower surfaces which may originally have been holes. The object is unusual as the central part appears to be made of wood on the upper surface with a copper It looks as if it has been made to fit around this piece of wood, perhaps it represents a holy releic? The reverse has two robust rivets side by side on the Horizontal bar of the T. | 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: | Wendy Scott | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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