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Unique ID: SF1479

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper alloy pyramidal mount from a sword or other belt; hollow with flat integrally cast median cross-bar on the base (through which the belt or strap would have passed), each face of the mount retains the remains of cloisonné cellwork which would have originally held cut garnets (now missing); the upper face is square while each of the four side faces has sub-triangular cells with slight insteps forming small rectangular cells on each of the four corners; the cellwork is bent and damaged in places and the surface of the metal corroded; as BRH 016-018, CDD 022

Class: pyramid

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 600
Date to: Ante AD 700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 10 mm
Width: 18 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Cloisonne [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
To be known as: SUFFOLK CODDENHAM

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999

Personal details

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Recorded by: Gabor Thomas - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Gabor Thomas - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: No. 549

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    Created: Wednesday 16th February 2000
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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