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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Jew's harp of probable Post Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1800). Length 50mm, Maximum thickness 6mm. Weight 4.81g. Half of the instrument has survived. It would have originally been lyre-shaped with a circular head and tapering arms. The surviving arm and the head are chacteristically lozenge-shaped in cross-section. At the apex of the head, on the front face, is the remains of a rabbet to accommodate the tongue which is now missing. The tongue was probably made of iron as there is a small deposit of iron staining at the edge of the rabbet. The arm is 34mm in length and is bent from its original alignment. There are oblique lines on all faces, possibly the result of filing. | 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: | 1500
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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