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Description: | An incomplete medieval lead alloy secular badge in the shape of a cockerel. The badge has the same decoration on both sides, creating the cockerel's tail and wings. The head and feet of the cockerel are missing, as is any form of attachment. It measures 21.5mm (length) x 18.6mm (width) x 6.8mm (thickness) and weighs 0.67g.Similar cockerel badges can be found in Spencer (1998, 316-317), and were humourous symbols of male vanity, lust and adultery in the 14th century AD.
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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