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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy lamp hanger or suspender of Medieval date. It has a conical shaft that is sub-cylindrical in section with slightly faceted outer surfaces. The shaft terminates at the top with an integral circular suspension loop that has a central circular perforation. At the base of the shaft are three evenly spaced arms that branch out horizontally from the plane of the shaft. On the underside of the object at the point where the arms join the main shaft is a small rectangular lug with central circular perforation. The arms themselves are triangular in plan and rectangular in section, two of them incomplete due to old breaks. The surviving complete arm tapers to an integrally cast triangular terminal with central circular perforation. The entire object measures 41.05mm in height, 40.89mm in width, 5.72mm in thickness at shaft, and weighs 13.89g.This object would have probably been utilised to suspend lamps during the Medieval period in houses and other similar buildings, the loops at the end of each arm enabling attachment to the lamps themselves. Similar examples have been recovered from excavated contexts in London and their function and usage is discussed by Egan (1998: pp. 130-131). These suggest a possible late-14th to 15th century AD date for the current example.
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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