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Description: | A gilt copper-alloy artefact, precise purpose is uncertain, of Medieval date. This artefact has a flat back and chamfered upper edges giving it a pentangular cross section. The upper surface is also flat. One end has an oval loped terminal that adjoins a roundel. The edges of this roundel have a small flared skirt before the edges narrow to form a waist. The waist is followed by a rectangular bar then another angled waist before terminating with a shorter rectangular bar that has a triangular aperture. The apex of this triangular aperture points towards the opposite terminal. The artefact has two circular perforations one set at the centre of the roundel and the other at the far end of the longer rectangular bar. These two circular perforation allowed the artefact to be attached with rivets, one of which survives. The rivet that survives through the roundel has a bent shank length of 10.22mm. The domed rivet head has a diameter of 7.32mm and height of 4.89mm. The bent rivet suggests that it was attached to leather. Dimensions: weight 18.23g, length 75.24mm, maximum width 11.03mm, thickness 4.32mm. Date range is c.1200-1400.See Griffiths, D., Philpott, R.A. & Egan, G. Meols 2007, p.168-169, pl.31, compare with 2093 & 2099, possibly 2095 & 2096.
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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