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Description: | A copper alloy unidentified object on uncertain date. The condition of the metal work suggests a Post Medieval date, but this is not conclusive. The object is a rectangular sectioned bar, bent sideways at a 45 degree angle, the bend almost certainly being intentional and formed that way. Each arm is 34mm long and they both terminate in breaks. Each is decorated by an integral circular widening of the bar, or lobe, which are decorated on one face with a stamped relief circle. One annulet, or ring-and-dot motif, is clearer than the other. The two lobes are not central to their respective arms. The object is 34.3mm long, 33mm wide, 4.01mm thick and has a mass of 4.48g. It has a smooth well developed green patina, including over the breaks. The bar is 3.5mm wide. The lobes are 6.3mm diameter.This object could be part of a buckle similar to (but not quite the same as) number 206 on page 35 of Whitehead's buckles (late medieval), openwork triangular buckles such as those on page 225 of Appels and Laycock (Roman), or be part of a Medieval brooch as well as other possibilities.
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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