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Description: | An unidentified apparently zoomorphic lead object with the remains of an iron sheet (possibly a blade or tang) inside, seen from the underside. It is triangular in shape and measures 23.23x16.05x5.76mm and weighs 6.24g. It may be a terminal from a knife, with part of the iron blade still present.To the upper face of the object, the wide end is open and the end opposite, rising to a point, has a slot cut side to side for c. half the length of the object. Half way, just at the end of the slot and to either side is a raised pellet within a pointed oval, presumably representing an eye. The long snout at the centre has raised ribs forming irregular shapes but symmetrically places either side of a central axis. This decoration is perhaps reminiscent of scales. At the pointed end is a curving rib, possibly representing a nose.The opposite end of the object, behind the eyes, has a wide panel to the upper surface with irregular but curving moulded ribs inside. Either edge of the object at this point is decorated with pairs of oblique lines either side of a central rib, each line of the pair set in opposite directions but joining at the central rib.The underside of the object is flat and plain but with a semi-circular cut-out at the wider end, to reveal the iron inside the object. The wide end of the object is open in cross-section.An alternative interpretation of the object is as a bishop's mitre, which would fit with the style of the decoration (Medieval, and possibly pilgrim-related), and perhaps representing St Thomas Becket. In which case a date c.1200-1450 would seem appropriate.
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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