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Description: | A complete but worn Medieval copper alloy 'beehive' shaped thimble with central circular hole. The thimble is almost hemi-spherical with slightly lengthened sides. The exterior of the thimble is decorated with small circular pits which are arranged in an irregular spiral from the base to the top leaving a bare tonsure surrounding the central circular hole. The pits, or indentations, are roughly aligned in columns. There is also a fine incised line around the base just above the rim.A similar example can be found in Egan, (1998) The Medieval Household, page 266, no 821 from a context dated c.1330-1380. Compare also DENO-945831 and WILT-D2DC31.This example is dated more broadly to the whole of the fourteenth century, c.1300-1400.
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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