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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy object of uncertain function or date. The terminal end of the object survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is cylindrical in form, hollow and tapering slightly towards the terminal. At the incomplete end it has an aperture of 7.29mm in external diameter, below which the front(?) face thickens with a curved moulded ridge. All sides of the cylinder running towards the terminal are decorated with crudely incised vertical grooves, with the exception of the back(?) face, which has three parallel transverse grooves at the terminal end. Towards the incomplete end is a circular rivet hole that perforates front and back of the object and retains a separately cast cylindrical copper-alloy rivet with flattened heads. On the front face below this are a series of three circular apertures arranged in a vertical line running to the terminal that do not pierce the back face. The terminal itself is conical in form, tapering to a globular knop. Its exterior surfaces are decorated with crudely incised vertical lines or grooves that run towards the knop. The entire object has a worn dark brown patina that shows signs of copper-alloy corrosion in places. The entire object measures 41.09mm in length, 9.01mm in diameter (at shaft, 9.93mm in diameter at terminal), and 8.04g in weight. The precise function or original form of this object remains uncertain, although the rivet suggests it was originally attached to other items, perhaps indicating usage as a strap end or terminal of some kind(?). Its form and appearance suggest it is of Post-Medieval date at latest, but could be from any point from the Roman period onwards.
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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