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Description: | A sheet copper alloy, teardrop shaped bell dating from AD 1100 - 1400. The sheet has been rolled into a cone, and four pointed tabs at the base have been bent inwards to contain the striked, the slits betwwen them forming sound holes. There is a seam along the back of the bell. The striker remains in place and still makes a noise. The oval suspension loop is flat.The bell is 31.4mm long and 10.3mm in diameter. It weighs 4.12gm. Many similar bells are recorded on the database, for example SUSS-A99234 and SUSS-3EDC42 which cites Read (2001) fig 37, no.464, who suggests a fourteenth century date.
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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