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Description: | A copper alloy hook of uncertain date and function, probably Roman or Medieval. The implement has a pointed hooked end which is circular in section. The terminal is a cone, smaller in diameter than the rest of the shaft. At the other end, the shaft expands becoming a rounded rectangle in section. The terminal is rough, possibly broken, and angled. It could have terminated in a loop, but this is uncertain. There is a slight ridge down the "back" of the hook, like a spine, which could be a casting seam. Compare LANCUM-E60F77, also unidentified. Compare also SWYOR-117BC7 which is a possible stylus. If the bend in this object is unintentional, the conical point makes this interpretation a possibility. The hook is 70.66mm long, and the wide end of the shaft is 7.2mm wide and 4.8mm thick. The pointed end is 2.4mm in diameter at the base of the cone. 10.08g.
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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