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Description: | One half of a cast copper alloy Medieval two-piece swivel. The remains are of one half of the swivel, consisting of a sub-oval aperture and circular swivel hole flanked on each side by zoomorphic terminals and body forming a band for the swivel loop. The animals have strong moulding on the head, with brows, ears and eyes being well-defined. Their muzzles are long with incised parallel lines on the upper jaw running from the brow ridge to the lip and their mouths open, clasping the centrepiece. The swivel is constructed of two loops the larger of which is circular in both plan and cross section with a circular attachment loop flanked by knoped terminals. The smaller loop is missing. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The swivel is 24.94mm long, 22.03mm wide, 3.81mm thick and weighs 5.9 grams. Cf. PAS database record SUSS-580847.
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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