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Description: | a medieval copper alloy terminal or head from a cross-staff. It is in the form of a decorated lattice-work knob with a tubular socket. The lattice is made with strips 3.25mm wide. The terminal is hexagonal, with each face having a central protruding pellet at the centre of a six-pointed star. The top of the terminal has a six-sided open-wok shape with a cental domed pellet. At the base of the lattice-work there is a collar above the socket which is plain except for four holes evenly spaced around it, each 4mm in diameter. The socket finishes with a rolled over rim, and has an internal diameter of 15mm. The terminal is 40.48mm in length and 28.43mm wide. It weighs 44.14g. These objects are described as sword-pommels in the London Museum Medieval catalogue ( p23, fig,2) but they have more recently been identified as cross-shaft heads by Bailey (ref. below). They are thought to have an ecclesiastical use, and a date range from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. Further examples can be seen on the database at BUC-5F9404 and BH-B64636 | 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: | 1000
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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