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Description: | Copper alloy girdle hanger fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast elongated bar with straight sides which converge towards a collared loop [now broken and subsequently smoothed by wear] in a plane at right angles to its surface. What is taken as the display face also bears a slightly thickened square below the loop. The object bears a high gloss which may suggest prolonged contact with textile, presumably in the course of use as ornament and sign of wifely office in the lifetime of its owner. This may have all but erased stamped ornament, of which faint traces may appear towards the top end, and whose relicts may be felt rather than observed elsewhere along its display face. The continued use of the object after the breakage of its suspension loop, implied by the polishing of its broken stubs, might hint at this object having been incorporated into a collection of objects which continued to be carried or curated after the girdle hanger had dropped out of use [or just dropped off!] in its original form. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600.Length: 60.9mm, Width: 8.6mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3.3mm, Weight: 7.88gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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