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Title: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT [Go to resource]
Description: A copper-alloy unidentified object most likely to be post medieval or late medieval in date. This object consists of a shaped shaft which measures 59mm in length and 10mm in width. One terminal has a flat quatrefoil end and across the shaft at even intervals below this there are three more pairs of quatrefoil shapes. The shaft itself is rectangular in cross-section and has a deep longitudinal groove running down the centre of each face. The shaft then has a transverse moulding before flaring outwards from two faces, into a triangular shape, it then finally becomes straight again below these two faces with small open work decorative panels. The other two faces become hollow beneath the transverse moulding, this hollow part continues to the end of the shaft, which is U-shaped in cross-section. The function of this object is unknown, perhaps a decorative terminal or fitting of some kind or possibly something associated with writing. 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: 1300 1700 Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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