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Description: | An incomplete pair of post-Medieval cast copper-alloy mathematical or surveyor's dividers (AD 1600-1700).This instrument has a globular knopped handle at the hinge. The knop is faceted and broadly octagonal in cross section. Within a slot are the broken remnants of the thinner arm. The main arm, octagonal in cross-section, continues downwards and then arches outwards. This arched part is trapezoidal cross-section. The lower part, beyond the arch, is triangular in cross-section and terminates with a recent break. This part has a small transverse ridge just below the arch on the outer face.The object has a light brown patina overall.Height: 77.88mm; width: 48.31mm; thickness: 13.51mm. Weight: 35.43g.Similar dividers are illustrated in Bailey (1995: 69; e.g. ref: 12).Similar dividers have also been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: DENO-CB5F78; HAMP-04D123; NMS-618EA7 and SUSS-DF4C47.
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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