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Description: | Unidentified object, probably late Early Medieval or early Medieval . Cast copper alloy object with zoomorphic terminal. Incomplete linear object. One end has an animal head terminal - rounded head with brow gently sloping to the snout with incised line indicating the mouth; no other detail on the head. This is at the end of a sub-circular sectioned bar which is straight along one edge but expands gradually along the opposite edge until a concave cut out then a broken projection on the other side of which is a concave cut-out and another break. No original surface, powdery mid and light green exposed surface. Length 62.5mm, width across zoomorphic terminal (back of head to snout) 13.1mm, width of bar directly behind head 6.5mm, maximum width of bar (before first concave cut-out) 11.2mm, width across bar 7 projection 22.9mm, width across bar break 4.8mm, thickness across head 5.2mm, maximum thickness (around the widest part) 6.6mm, weight 22.67g.
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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