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Description: | Copper alloyBridle Link fragment. Cast D section flat backed shank with a rhomboid loop at one end, and broken just beyond a knopped collar at the other. Knops also appear on the three points of the loop. The inside of the loop is heavily worn on one side as are its knops, especially that closest to the area of heaviest wear within the loop. The object increases by circa 1mm in its thickness between the looped and the broken ends. A dull brown colour is typical of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork reported from the region. Suggested date: early Medieval to Medieval, 1000-1100.Length: 48.0mm, Width: 27.2mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 16.60gms.
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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