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Description: | A fragment of an ingot of silver of probable Early Medieval date. The fragment of waste silver is probably evidence of silver working. It comes from a known Early Medieval site.The fragment is an undecorated, angular chunk. It is trapezoidal in section with a flange projecting from one bottom corner (perhaps a casting seam?). The corners are rounded and the sides are fairly smooth apart from occasional irregularities. The ends may be cuts across a rod or ingot; they are angled and oblique. Though most of the metal is a purple grey colour with a reflective silver sheen, there is one area which is a more cream or green colour. Perhaps this is an impurity which led to this piece being discarded. The trapezoidal section of the ingot fragment, the way in which it has been cut and what appears to be a testing nick on one side are typical of late Saxon/Viking-period hacksilver used as bullion, or for recasting. Compare SWYOR-3DF713, SWYOR-497F82 (2011 T384), SWYOR-0E2702 (2012 T153) and SWYOR-2D5382 for other waste silver from the same site.As the fragment is probably more than 300 years old, and made of silver, it meets the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act.
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