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Early Medieval copper alloy strip
Gilt bronze plano-convex ornament, with six bulbous segments. One end is broken, the other is perforated; the underside is roughly finished and is not gilt, as though intended to be fastened to some larger object. And gilt bronze knob with shank, broken off as though from the head of a rod or pin 5mmm long. Max diameter is 4mm.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
20.359/14
Find Information
Site Name: Lesser Garth Cave, Lesser Garth
Grid Reference: ST 126 822
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1912-1913
Acquisition
Donation, 30/8/1920
Measurements
length / mm:28
width / mm:6
thickness / mm:3.5
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
gilded
Location
In store
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