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Description: | Cast copper alloy component of a larger, unidentified object. The piece is formed of a slightly curved bar with a broken loop or hook at one end and a animal head terminal at the other with a slot underneath. The loop or hook is flat and oval and broken from an old break. The bar is mainly trapezoid in section with a narrower lower side and tapering sides towards each end on both sides are pairs of raised transverse bars with grooves between he bars and between the bars and the ends. Between these bars and the hooked end the lower edge is thinned creating a rounded cusp; between the bars and the animal head terminal is a similar cusp on the upper side. The animal head is long with two rounded ears elongated eyes or brows and a pair of raised bands across the muzzle. The base is angled slightly and has a rectangular slot running along it with traces of iron corrosion in the slot and on the sides of the animal head. The curve of the bar seems regular and may be original rather than damage.It is 51.8mm long, 7.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick; it weighs 5.18 grams.The style suggests a Medieval date perhaps from the 11th to 12th centuries.
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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