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Description: | An incomplete, corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy Medieval bell-pendant of probable c. 14th century AD date. This artefact is formed from a copper-alloy pendant with cast integral suspension loop (2mm thick); the pendant body has been bent horizontally upon itself to form a teardrop shaped bell. The edges of the pendant are thin and have been damaged, whilst the artefact has been compressed from numerous sides. The lower section of the pendant that would have been shaped to enclose the base of the bell has been lost. Below the intergral loop there are several horizontal lines, and similar patterning is visible towards the terminus of this artefact. Within this find were the fragmentary remains of a blue glass bead (now 8 fragments), which possibly formed the pea for this rumbler bell. The copper-alloy body of this artefact is a variable dark green to red-brown colour, and can be paralleled with Read (2001: 58, fig. 464) and with LIN-503337 and LIN-0103E0 on this database. No parallels for the glass bead used as a pea have yet been found.
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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