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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy purse bar of LMMC Type A1 or A2. Only part of one arm, now in two joining pieces due to old breaks, survives intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. The arm is rectangular in form, oval shaped in section and has a sharp bend, probably as a result of post-depositional damage, where the two fragments join. On the bottom edge of the arm are three evenly spaced and integrally cast attachment loops with small circular apertures. The upper edge of the arm has groups of short transverse grooves positioned to one side of each of the loops. It is uncertain precisely which end would have attached to the central swivel, although one end does taper to a point that is triangular in section and may therefore represent the outer edge of the arm. It measures 111.18mm in length (bent), 5.83mm in width, 6.55mm in height/thickness, and weighs 26.72g.This is an incomplete cast copper-alloy purse frame similar to an example published from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 289). It belongs in the LMMC Type A purse bars, although the lack of attachment ends at the central swivel makes it uncertain whether it falls within the Type A1 or A2 groups. This purse bar is of Medieval date, c.15th-16th centuries AD.
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