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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy early-medieval (AD c.850-c.1100) balance, consisting of one of the folding balance arms. Overall, the arm measures 71.3mm long, 6.0mm wide and 7.0mm thick. It weighs 9.79g. The arm is formed from a cylindrical shaft, terminating with a loop (incomplete) at one end and with a hinge lug at the other. The shaft is joined to the loop by a square-sectioned collar. Next to this towards the opposite end is a circumferential ridge. At the hinge end, the shaft expands slightly and becomes sub-square in section before narrowing again. There is then an expanded collar joining the shaft to the lug. The lug is sub-rectangular and rectangular in section. It has a horizontal piercing which is filled with iron from the hinge bar.A more complete example excavated in York was found in a context dating to the period AD c.930-c.975 (Mainman, and Rogers, 2000, no.10405).Mainman, A.J. and Rogers, N.S.H. 2000 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds From Anglo-Scandinavian York Council for British Archaeology
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