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Description: | A fragment of a Late Saxon comb pendant comprising five teeth below one of originally two inturned animal heads. The condition of the surface is worn and in places obscured by corrosion products, but on both faces an engraved line can be seen to follow the inner and outer curves of the neck. It measures 27.5 x 16mm.Metal comb pendants of this type are of East Scandinavian or Baltic origin. A comparison with better-preserved examples indicates that the form and decoration are in the Ringerike style of the 11th century. Two other fragments have been found in Norfolk (Brampton, Norfolk Historic Environment Record number 35055 and Oxborough, NHER 1021). An almost complete example has been recorded from "North Kesteven, South Lincolnshire" (PAS database number NARC-B3E1B5), and another with more than half surviving from Mareham on the Hill, Lincolnshire (PAS LIN-DD07D2).
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