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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval (1100-1500) two-piece swivel, consisting of one half, an oval frame of lozenge-sectioned loop terminating in stylistic zoomorphic heads, in turn attached to a solid flattened oval centre c.5mm thick and pierced with a hole for attachment 4.52mm in diameter (the snouts of each stylised animal extend slightly beyond this). The animal-head mouldings have a prominent rectangular brow ridge and long curving snout.The missing second element would have been of similar form with an integral bolt, to fit the attachment hole and allow both objects to 'swivel'. This object class is usually found incomplete; that is, each of the halves without the other.It stands 27.84mm high, 25.39mm wide and max.7.06mm thick. It weighs 4.51g.
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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