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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy thimble of Medieval date. It is hemispherical in shape with an unthickened rim that is decorated with two incised parallel circumferential lines. Above the rim the sides of the thimble are decorated with numerous unevenly spaced small circular indentations. The top of the thimble is bare of indentations forming a tonsured crown with a central circular perforation at the top. The top of the thimble has suffered from post-depotitional damage resulting in an uneven perforation, the entire object is slightly crushed and has traces of corrosive copper-alloy products. The thimble measures 19.92mm in width at rim, 15.57mm in height and 2.65g in weight. The form and tonsured head suggest a probable 14th century AD date for the current example (see for example Margeson, 1993: no. 1457; Egan, 1998: no. 824). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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