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Description: | An incomplete Early-Medieval iron flanged grip from a shield handle. The grip would have made up one part of a complex handle, either Harke (1992) Type C2 or D1. It is impossible to narrow the type down further as none of the rest of the handle survives.This type of grip is associated only with shiled boss types 1 to 3. Therefore it can be dated to between the later 5th century and the early 7th century AD. This object was found in association with artefact KENT-57DC18 on the database. This sheild boss has been identified as a Type 3. Thus we can date the grip more prescisely to AD 500 to 650. The handle is 94.22mm in length and 38.10mm in width. The side flanges are approx. 2.08mm thick and the main part of the grip is 4.29mm thick. The grip weighs 40.38g.Cf. Dickinson, T & Harke, H. 1992. Early Anglo-Saxon Shields. pp.36-37. Fig.24.
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