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Description: | a medieval lead object. It is shield-shaped (rectangular with one short side having both corners cut to form a point) and measures 31.5mm along the short side and 43.95mm in length to the point. One face is flat and undecorated, whilst the other has a raised and indented pattern. The object is 7.1mm in thickness, and the edges are chamfered. With the point facing down there is a W or two intersecting Vs in the top half of the field. There is a raised line from the base of W to the point of the shield and two parallel raised lines on either side at 45 degrees running to the edges. In the spaces left along both long sides are two circular bosses 6.6mm in diameter. There are traces of possible white metal infil. The style of decoration and initial letter(s) suggest a medieval date and recall merchants' marks of this period, but no parallel has been found for the object, or a specific mechant's mark. A possible religious connection may be infered from the VV (virgin of virgins). The object weighs 105.85 | 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: | 1066
1500 | 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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