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Description: | A copper-alloy hanging bowl escutcheon of probable 7th century AD date (for similar example see S. West; 1998; p. 56; fig. 69).
The plate is sub-triangular, has a slight bulge on either side towards the bottom, and three protruding lugs - one on each corner - each containing a circular rivet hole. The upper surface of the plate has an incised pattern within a narrow border. The surface is now heavily corroded, the only part of the design still visible being two diagonally crossing lines towards the upper end. From the mid point of this upper end extends upwards a curved neck and head of canine appearance, with a pointed snout and protruding ears. The underside of the neck is concave, which would have allowed the escutcheon to have been hung from the outer rim of a ceremonial hanging bowl.
The object is badly worn, corroded and damaged. It measures 47.6mm long by 19.7mm wide and 10.7mm high. It weighs 10.24g. | 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: | 600
700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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