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Description: | Medieval copper alloy looped-fitting probably from a swivel, probably of late 11th to 12th century date The fitting comprises two parts, a lug with integral attachment rivet and an oval loop (with a combined weight of 9.8g). The lug has a circular sectioned attachment rivet (4.3mm diameter and 2.7mm long) at the centre of an oval collar (10.9mm long and 8.7mm wide). The body of the lug is of sub-square section (7.4mm square). The looped end is bevelled to a central ridge. One face and the end were decorated with grooves, now corroded and worn but appears to resemble a clenched hand holding the bar of the loop. On the opposite face of the lug the moulded thumb and palm are evident. The bar of the loop (3.3mm diameter) is hinged through a central perforation in the lug. There are beasts' heads biting the bar on each side. The beasts are defined by V-shaped grooves defining the mouths, moulded brows and rear projecting ears, which terminate in raised pellets. The loop is oval (22.8mm wide and 20.0mm high) and is of circular section (4.3mm diameter). The remainder of the loop has no discernible decoration. The lug has a pale green surface patina, while the loop is dark-grey, suggesting a higher lead or tin composition.The fitting may be attributed stylistically to the Romanesque period, suggesting a date in the 11th or 12th century and can be paralleled on a swivel from Cirencester, published by Zarnecki (1984, 9 250, no. 284) . The Cirencester example has a similar clenched hand but the beasts' heads are not biting the bar. The Cirencester swivel has been stylistically dated to the first half of the 12th century.
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