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Description: | TREASURE CASE 2005 T420 Description A narrow rectangular strip of gold, plain except for a very light ridge running along the centre of one face. Either end has a perforation slightly offset from the centre-line and about 1 mm in diameter. One end has a second, smaller perforation alongside the first. The strip is somewhat buckled all along its length and has also been pinched from side to side at two points close to the ends. Two creases are roughly equi-distant from the ends and are 34 mm apart - exactly half the full length; they suggest that the object was originally wrapped around something of oval section, or alternatively of circular section that later decayed or became squashed. This would seem to be a small decorative mount which would have been pinned at either end to its host. It is impossible to say exactly the kind of object to which it was attached, but its diameter is likely to have been around 22 mm if round - something like a staff or a walking stick. Since it is such a simple type of object without a context, it would be rash to speculate on its date. Conclusion This simple ornamental strip may be ancient, but is impossible to date with any confidence on the evidence available. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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