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Description: | An incomplete and unidentified copper-alloy object of uncertain Roman or later date. It comprises a flattened cast copper-alloy plate that is triangular in form and terminates towards the narrowest end in old breaks. The opposite end expands horizontally, but also becomes thinner, towards a decorative outer edge. This consists of a central U-shaped notch flanked by to small V-shaped notched to either side. One side is complete, but the other is possibly incomplete due to old breaks. Both faces have identical incised decorative motifs. these are formed from three transverser grooves just beneath the decorative upper edge, a second series of three transverse grooves approximately half way down the object, and the remains of three possible further incised grooves at the base just before the object terminates in old breaks. The two panels thus created between the three sets of grooved lines contain incised cross saltires formed from double parallel lines. The object measures 35.44mm in length, 14.43mm in width at top, 2.59mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 4.21g. The precise function or date of this object remains uncertain. The decorative motifs and general appearance of the object might indicate a Roman or Early-Medieval date, although a later date cannot be immediately ruled out.
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