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Description: | Early Saxon Girdle hanger or ?latch lifter? made from a single sheet strip, complete but shank bent into a slight curve. At the top suspension is effected by the downwards curling of the strip, the end of which is curled upwards. Below this the strip widens. Decoration on the front consists of three transverse engraved lines, one shallow rounded notch or depression on both edges, another group of three lines, a row of punched impressions vaguely resembling a question mark down both edges, fourteen down one edge, fifteen (upside down) down the other, four transverse engraved lines, one shallow rounded notch on both edges, another group of four lines. Below these the strip is angled backwards and narrows. After another change of angle it continues straight without changing width before curling forwards to a rounded terminal. Present length 99mm, maximum width 7.5mm, minimum width 4.5mm.
A remarkable object for which no parallel has been found. Girdle hangers are always cast, while latch lifters are iron. The decoration indicates a date in the 5th or 6th century. | 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: | 400
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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