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Description: | A cast copper alloy Medieval lamp hangar. It is complete and has three rectangular arms, all terminating with a perforated loop in which can be seen the remains of copper alloy pins or chain loops. A central shaft or stem, also of rectangular section and 5.05mm in width, terminates with an upper circular loop 11.9mm in diameter, and projects below the arms with a semi-circular lug, also perforated. The lamp hanger would have been used with chains, to be suspended, and to have hanging lamps supsended from it. It measures 31.06mm in overal length with the the arms being 17.75mm in length from the central stem. The lamp hanger weighs 9.74g. A similar example coming from a fourteenth century context from medieval London, is illustrated in Egan, The Medieval Household, no.357.
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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