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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy probable 'fob' or 'dangler', of Late Iron Age to Early Roman dating (200 BC to AD 100)The piece consists of a flat-sectioned triskele, its three arms radiating outwards from a central point. The top part of the legs recurves back on itself, creating a circular loop at the centre. All arms are S shaped, with an outturned foot at the distal end. A separate circular attachment shank is present in the centre of the triskele, which extends on the reverse of the dangler, with the remains of a circular suspension loop set at right angles to the rest of the dangler. No decoration is present on the front or reverse of the fob or dangler.It measures 39.7 mm in length, 40.3 mm wide and 9.3 mm thick. It weighs 17.9 g.The decorative content of this particular example is closely paralleled by a fob found at Seamill, Ayrshire (MacGregor 1976: vol. 2, no. 40)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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