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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger. The bottom of the shaft and part of the E-shaped terminal are preserved, the remainder of the object missing due to old breaks. The shaft is slightly bent due to post-depositional damage and expands slightly towards the terminal. At the base of the shaft is the E-shaped terminal that is missing the ends of each arm due to old breaks, has a slightly curved bottom edge and expands towards the bottom corners. The front face of the object is decorated with a border of punched crescents while the back face is flat and undecorated. It measures 48.19mm in length, 31.74mm in width, 2.91mm in thickness, and weighs 10.85g.This is an Early Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger, an object typically found in burial contexts associated with women. It finds parallels in other examples from Suffolk (see for example West, 1998: nos. 36.2, 135.5) and probably dates to the Early Anglo-Saxon period, c.450-700 AD.
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