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Description: | The function of the object is unidentifiable. It is decorated with a stamped design and a portion of the shape is reminiscent of an Early Medieval brooch illustrates in MacGregor and Bolick, No. 22.1.
The object is an asymmetrical shape in plan, but is a sub inverted ?Y? shape which has an integral protrusion extending from the side of the vertical stem. The object is flat in profile and only one face is decorated. The decoration is formed by stamped annular rings, two of which are large and dispersed, and three which are small and overlap each other slightly. The smaller rings are bordered by three linear grooves. The reverse is flat and undecorated. It is difficult to tell if any of the edges of the object are broken.
The surface of the object has a well developed shiny green coloured patina with occasional red copper corrosion on some of the edges. It weighs 1.3g and measures 25.2mm long, 16.6mm wide and 1.3mm 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: | 850
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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