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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of Early Medieval date. Only the terminal survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.It is D-shaped in section with a flat back face. There is a narrow rectangular shaft 4.22mm in length, 3.05mm in width before expanding into a zoomorphic terminal. This is in the form of an animal head with a pair of diagonal grooves for the ears. Between the ears is a brow defined by a pair of transverse grooves above two oval grooves, representing the eyes before connecting to an elongated snout. The mouth is defined by a transverse groove. The back face is undecorated.This object measures 17.39mm in length, 7.53mm in width, 3.64mm in thickness, 1.56g in weight.
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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