Record ID: LIN-C3DC46 - EARLY MEDIEVAL unidentified object

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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: LIN-C3DC46

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Unidentified lead object

A two-dimensional cast lead object in the form of a curled beast. The beast is roughly oval in plan, D-shaped in cross-section and curled so that the tail is near the snout. Although the beast resembles the shape of a shrimp or prawn the body and head are much more serpent-like. The head is sub-triangular and decorated with a moulded pellet or an eye, and radiating lines from this perhaps representing scales. The slender body is decorated with a row of large moulded pellets within a moulded perimeter line. The reverse is flat, undecorated and has no signs of any attachments.

The art-style of this object suggests that it is is later Anglo-Saxon or early medieval in date (circa 1000-1200).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Length: 31 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Gainsborough

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

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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