2010-02-26 15:29:18 David Crowther dcrowther 2011-02-24 13:52:42 Daniel Pett dpett SWYOR-7E8131 tweezers A thin strip of copper alloy dating from the Early Medieval period. It has been bent into a U shape. The ends are broken. The strip may be from a pair of broken tweezers, but there is not enough surviving to be certain. The outer face of the strip is decorated with incised border lines, and a group of four ring and dot motifs at one end, and a further ring and dot at the other end. This end tapers to a point though it is not clear if this is damage or not. It has a length of 23.06mm, width 5.34mm, thickness 1.27mm, weight 1.36g. It has a beautiful turquoise and very smooth patina. For tweezers with ring and dot decoration see West 1998. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk p. 122 no: 51-53. A thin strip of copper alloy dating from the Early Medieval period. It has been bent into a U shape. The ends are broken. The strip may be from a pair of broken tweezers, but there is not enough surviving to be certain. The outer face of the strip is decorated with incised border lines, and a gro... This object and the attached records were recovered from a site which may be the location of an Early Medieval moot site, though later disturbance makes the site difficult to interpret. Archaeological work including trial trenching in advance of development has not yet revealed any further evidence. Most of the finds recovered through metal detecting are Early Medieval; material of this date is rare in West Yorkshire. Copper alloy EARLY MEDIEVAL EARLY MEDIEVAL 400 1066 5.34 23.06 1.27 Incomplete 2010-02-26 15:29:18 WEST YORKSHIRE LEEDS POINT( ) From Map SE22NE SE4242 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 SWYOR Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.