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Description: | Fragment of early medieval bone handle. This fragment is subrectangular in plan, tapering slightly to one end, and C shaped in section (not quite a full semicircle). The upper, convex surface is decorated with a carved design. This design takes the form of an elongated, double X shaped cross (two arms being twice as long as the others), banded across the centre with a double stranded, rectangular bar. Set back behind the cross, so that the double band is spanning its diameter, is a double-bordered circle. Between the longer arms of the cross are nine incised dots, in a roughly triangular design. Stephen Plunkett explains that the circle being ?sent back? by the crossing lines without a proper woven under and over effect is a sign of Viking age design. There are remains of further decoration that would have spanned the circumference of the handle, but these are slight, being on the break edges. The surface with the design is smooth, with a slight shine. The concave reverse of the handle is plain. It is rough and the texture of the bone is very visible. The object is 42.44mm long, 18.44mm wide at the broad end, 11.92mm at the tapered end, 3.2mm thick and weighs 4.23g. The break edges, whilst showing the texture of the bone, are worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has a light brown colour. The art style suggests that this object was probably made between c870-1000AD. | 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: | 870
1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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