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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy artefact, probably Late Iron Age to Early Roman in date and representing the remains of a 'fob' or 'dangler'.The piece consists of a flat-sectioned triskele, its three arms, in varying states of completeness, radiating outwards from a central point. The most complete arm is broadly S-shaped and tapers towards the distal end. A hemispherical moulding is located at the centre of one of the sides, and three lines of punched dots extend from this moulding, each central to its respective arm, whose curvature it also mirrors. The other side of the piece is plain.Maximum width: 23.9mm; thickness: 4.9mm. Weight: 4.89g.The decorative content of this particular example is closely paralleled by a fob found at Seamill, Ayrshire (MacGregor 1976: vol. 2, no. 40); however, it lacks evidence for the shank which is a typical feature of this group of artefacts in general, perhaps suggesting it served a slightly different function.The following discussion is taken from PAS record CORN-D96569, which has a similar triskele:'Fobs or danglers are a poorly understood artefact type, and may have been hung from items of equipment, personal apparel or harness decoration (Jope 2000, p 285). Jope (ibid.) records seventeen known examples of danglers and related 'hangers' from Britain, while Macgregor (1976a, p 37) records nine known examples of triskele-decorated fobs from the British Isles. The triskele motif is commonly found on objects of the La Tène culture during the European Iron Age.' (Tyacke 2014).
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