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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy unidentified object of probable late early-medieval date. The artefact is broken at both ends. The top end is incomplete, a recess is visible at the break, presumably the cylindrical recess would have accommodated a circular cross-sectioned axis bar. The cylindrical recess is at a one hundred and thirty five degree angle suggesting that the artefact was offset to the bar. The artefact gradually tapers towards a zoomorphic head. The head is depicted through raised mouldings and incisions. Located at the top of the head is a V-shaped incision which is situated by the two eyes that are formed by longitudinal notches. The head expands slightly to form the mouth which tapers towards the snout. The beast is biting a bar which would have extended from either side of the mouth. Both edges are incomplete due to old breaks, although presumably the bar would have formed a circular loop. The bar is located in such a way that it would have projected outwards and upwards at a forty-five degree angle. The reverse is undecorated although it thickens towards the terminal and the zoomorphic head. The artefact now has a dark-red/brown colour with some patches of off-white corrosion product.
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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