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Description: | Jews' Harp cast from copper-alloy. One of the two prongs is missing. The remaining prong has the characteristic lozenge shaped cross-section while the head is hexagonal in section and oval in shape. The rabbet on the head is formed of a slightly recessed slot flanked by two raised rectangular transverse bars; it is filled with iron corrosion from the missing tongue. Jews harps do not change much in design so are hard to date, this example is most likely to be Late Medieval or Post Medieval in date. It is 50.9mm long, 30.3mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 5.50 grams.
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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