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Description: | Polyhedral cast socketed copper alloy Late Saxon unidentified object, with an oblique openwork grid with fifteen lozenge-shaped openings and a small projecting knop at each intersection. One end has a collar socket and the other end a short tapering socket. Length 29mm. Width 17mm. Weighs 5.84g. The precise function of this object is not clear. Its lack of a smooth flattened base mean it is unlikely to be an aestel or manuscript pointer. It bears some resemblance to late Saxon staff-terminals, in particular a fragmentary example from Combs, Suffolk (SF-E18EA3), and is likely to be of similar date. However, it is much smaller and, unlike most complete staff-terminals, has a perforation at both ends. It is unlikely to be the head of a pin. 10th-11th century.
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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