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Description: | Cast lead weight with a copper alloy plate on the upper face, Early Medieval in date. It is circular in plan and stands 17.23mm high. The base is lead and is plain. The decorative plate on the upper face is copper alloy. It has a raised central circle which has an incised six petalled flower in the centre. The outer edge is sextfoil in shape with a small lobe in between each lobe. Each lobe has a sub-circular perforation in its centre through which the lead of the base protrudes. Susan Youngs has seen an image of this item and states 'This is a piece of Insular metalwork reused on a Viking period weight. The crude central motif is a bit at variance with the outer frame which is 'egg and dart' derived but this motif is found on late eighth-century bridle mounts and elsewhere in a minor way.' The weight dates to the Viking period which is around 800-1100 AD whilst the plate on the top dates from the 8th century and has been reused. The plate could have originally been from a harness mount.
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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