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Description: | Incomplete cast, copper alloy lamp hanger. This hanger takes the form of a horizontal triangular body, which is rectangular in section, from which extend three arms on the same plane. These arms are now truncated but would once have had a circular perforation at the end of each arm, through which suspension chains would have passed. Extending vertically from the centre of the triangular base, perpendicular in relation to the other arms, is a central shaft that terminates with a broad circular loop, which is split but not separated. Extending from beneath the triangular base, is a short circular loop, the function of which is not attested for in the archaeological record. The object has lost its original surface and now has a light green patina. The break edges on the arms are worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The hanger is 33.72mm long, 24.58mm wide across the two longest arms and weighs 6.68g. It is worth noting that Egan, 1998, in The Medieval Household, page 130, notes that the exact function of these objects is still unknown and that it is only possibly used for hanging lamps. Figure 99 illustrates a similar, but more robust, example of the object recorded here. | 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: | 1350
1450 | 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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