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Description: | A cast copper alloy clapper bell dating from the Roman or Early Medieval period, about AD 43 - AD 1066, measuring 32.46mm tall. It is conical in shape with a suspension loop at the top which is slightly bent, pointed, oval in shape and with a circular hole. Below the base of the loop runs a raised rib, which at one point has a deep groove running parallel with the rib and is 6.5mm long and 3.5mm wide. There is also a circumferential raised rib a few millimetres from the rim; the rim in areas is very slightly cracked and bent in places and is 26.48mm in diameter at its widest point and 22.1mm in diameter at its narrowest point. There are two casting marks which are set at almost 90 degrees apart running vertically from the base rim to the apex just below the suspension loop, the body of the bell has a hole a few millimetres from one of the casting marks. Inside the bell sees the remains of what was once the iron remains of the suspension system for the clapper, The bell has an uneven dark green/light green patina which suggests a possible tinning.
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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