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Description: | Copper alloyUnknown. Cast object with a collared rounded terminal with aperture of 2mm diameter. The object expands in width from this point, with paired lines framing a pair of vertical spurs at this point. The section is hereafter keel-shaped, with a slight indentation along its flat under-surface. A series of eight notches occur along the 'keel', ending on a further paired line border. The keeled form ends abruptly after this latter border, with the object continuing - whether to its full extent or up to a clean break is uncertain - as a flat lug of 2.3mm thickness and 7mm length. The pierced terminal, and possibly the spurs and notched gradations, might all be consistent with this forming part of a device for fine and adjustable measurement, such as a tumbrel or coin balance. However, the manner in which these features would facilitate its working is uncertain. Suggested date: Medieval, 1100-1350. Length: 37mm, Width: 7.7mm, Thickness: 6.9mm, Weight: 6.11gms.
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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