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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar of Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (AD 1450 - AD 1550). Length 79mm, maximum width 13mm, maximum thickness 14mm. Weight 35.51g. The central block is roughly square (13mm x 13mm) but is slightly rounded at the bottom (as viewed from the side). Each face of the block is decorated with incised lines which radiate outwards from the top. This decoration, perhaps, represents a scallop shell. There is a central longitudinal circular perforation (5mm in diameter) through the block to accommodate the shank which is missing. The lower part of the perforation is counter-sunk to take a rove which would have been attached to the shank. Each arm is 20mm in length and roughly circular in cross-section. One of the arms is 5mm in diameter and the other arm is 6mm in diameter. The terminals are globular and both are about 13mm in diameter. One of the terminals has five deep spiralling grooves. The other terminal has seven similar grooves. The piece has a mid-green patina and small areas of superficial corrosion. | 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: | 1450
1550 | 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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