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Early Medieval copper alloy fitting
Ornamental bronze fitting, with two stubby shanks for fixing to a backing, perhaps of cloth, leather or wood. Two remainings areas of silver-plating show that the whole upper surface was originally silvered.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/A.8
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XXV, Layer 1. Context H H: Humus on back of bank, thin towards crest, deeper towards interior. Some shattered bone, some artefacts.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:35
width / mm:7
thickness / mm:1
thickness / mm:2.5 (shanks)
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
silvered
Location
In store
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