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Description: | Rumbler bell formed of iron sheet with a seperate pea inside. The sheet was square with projecting triangles at each side, the ends of which have been bent over to meet at the bottom, creating the oval bell. At the end of the joints between each triangle is a oval sound hole. The suspension loop has been formed by making two slits in the top and pulling the strip between them upwards and pressing the sheet to either side downwards. It is 33.9mm long and 34.1mm diameter, and wiehgs 14.8g.The form of the bell is very simple but is not paralleled in the usual sources. The use of iron sheet suggests a relatively modern date. While bells formed by bending over projecting triangles were mainly popular in the medieval period (see SF-640EB2) these were cast copper alloy with solid projecting suspension loops, very different from this example.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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