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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Strap end | WILT-EBD5F2 |
Early medieval | Wiltshire |
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| Middle to Late Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' class A1. It is in the Trewhiddle style and a small amount of niello survives. The split end has two rivet holes both 1.6mm in diameter. It is 9mm wide. The strap-end is convex sided and the width widens to max.14mm wide before nar... | |||||
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Strap fitting | WILT-266B84 |
Early medieval | Wiltshire |
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| Copper-alloy strap-fitting, perhaps a strap union or junction, measuring 28.4 x 20.6 x 6.8mm and weighing 8.26g. The strap union is in the form of two roughly triangular loops with straight outside edges, recessed to form narrow strap bars, and linked by a central area on which is mounted a ... | |||||
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Locking mechanism | SUSS-92B773 |
Roman | West Sussex |
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| A cast copper alloy Roman lock-pin. The pin is derived from a small lock from a box or cupboard. The artefact comprises a circular head, decorated with two concentric rings, with a raised circular knop in the centre. Around the head of the pin there is wide, outward tapering rim. The head measu... | |||||
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Brooch | SUSS-940CE3 |
Iron age | West Sussex |
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| An incomplete copper alloy La Téne I type brooch, dating from circa 4th - 3rd century BC. The spring and head have become detached. The spring is of eight loops, four to each side with an external (broken) chord; the spring is wrapped around a seperate copper alloy bar 19.2mm long. The bow is ar... | |||||
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Brooch | SUSS-96E258 |
Iron age | West Sussex |
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| An incomplete copper alloy La Téne I type brooch, dating from circa 4th – 3rd century BC. The spring and head of the brooch are missing and the break is very worn. The bow is arched and tapers outwards from the head and then inwards from the swollen centre. The bow has a circular cross-section.... | |||||
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Vessel | HAMP-0DB830 |
Medieval | Hampshire |
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| A slightly corroded zoomorphic cast copper-alloy spout probably from a ewer of later medieval or early post-medieval date. The spout is tubular and terminates in a dog's head with open mouth; the tube spout protrudes from the open mouth (internal diameter: c. 4.3mm). At the other end it curves th... | |||||
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Figurine | HAMP-378231 |
Roman | Hampshire |
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| A small Roman copper-alloy anthropomorphic figurine representing a bound captive. The naked captive is crouching with his legs drawn up and together and his elbows on his knees. His arms are flexed with the hands clasped together. The posture is dictated by the shackles the captive bears: a rope ... | |||||
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Brooch | HESH-CDEDE6 |
Roman | Shropshire |
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| Incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. One of the wing caps is incomplete and the axis bar and spring are present. The spring is formed from a length of copper alloy wire which has been turned ... | |||||
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Brooch | HESH-CE1841 |
Roman | Shropshire |
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| An incomplete copper alloy Roman Trumpet brooch dating from 45 - 200AD. The bow of the brooch has an angular profile and an angular D shaped cross section. The bow tapers from a flared head to a turned foot knop. The brooch measures 69.2mm in length, 17.4mm width (across head), 12.8mm width (acro... | |||||
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Vessel | SWYOR-F977F1 |
Medieval | North Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy mount or handle escutcheon which is probably from a Medieval vessel. It may have acted as a handle or suspension loop. The mount is in the form of an animal’s head and has a long curved neck. The neck is a pointed oval in section. The head has projecting rounded ears, holes for eye... | |||||
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Strap end | WMID-0A2EC2 |
Early medieval | Staffordshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy Trewhiddle-style strap end, dating to the 9th / 10th century AD (length: 28.5mm; width: 13mm; thickness: 3mm; weight: 3.0g).The bottom half and tip of the artefact are all that remains of this strap end. The incomplete artefact is triangular in plan and mostly fla... | |||||
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Vessel | SUSS-606680 |
Iron age | West Sussex |
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| A cast copper alloy highly decorative object, probably a handle from a bronze/ copper alloy vessel. The object was taken to the British Museum where Jody Joy (Iron Age curator) and Ralph Jackson (Roman curator) felt that it dated from the very end of the 1st Century BC to the early part of the ... | |||||
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Strap fitting | HAMP-770C40 |
Post medieval | Berkshire |
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| A complete cast copper-alloy S-shaped belt hook fastener of post-medieval date. One end of the fastener terminates in a snake's head while the other terminates in the form of a snake's tail. The fastener has moulded decoration in the form of small pellets which probably were intended to represent... | |||||
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Locking mechanism | SUSS-9E0D14 |
Roman | West Sussex |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman lock-pin. The pin is derived from a small lock from a box or cupboard. The artefact comprises a circular head, undecorated, with a raised circular knop in the centre. Around the head of the pin there is wide, outward flaring rim. The head measures 23.33mm i... | |||||
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Brooch | CAM-E05997 |
Roman | Cambridgeshire |
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| A copper alloy Dolphin brooch dating to the first century AD. The brooch possesses semi-circular wings decorated with a diagonal and vertical groove. An overhead hook extends from the head of the brooch. The bow is gently arched and D shaped and tapers to a rounded foot. The catchplate is semi-ci... | |||||
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Strap fitting | BH-4A9D88 |
Medieval | Hertfordshire |
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| A copper-alloy belt hanger of suggested late medieval date. Several examples of this category of artefact are recorded on the PAS datbase - see, for example, NMS-1EEA45, NMS-D99313 and IOW-7A0A93. There is also an unprovenanced example in the London Museum collection. It is suggested that they ma... | |||||
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Lock | NMS-831B21 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Romano-British lock-pin with incomplete shaft. The head is similar to be an example from a 3rd-century context in Colchester (Crummy 1983, no. 4143), although the head of this piece is far more tightly waisted and its lower part is discoidal rather than comical. Length >45mm. Diameter 22.5mm. | |||||
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Unidentified object | BERK-858873 |
Modern | Berkshire |
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| An incomplete object of uncertain date and function. The find takes the form of a three-dimensonal stylised long-necked bird's head. Moulded ornament on the top edge of the beak, on the back of the head and to the front of the throat area represent the bird's comb and feather tufts. Each side of ... | |||||
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Aestel | SWYOR-C75C64 |
Early medieval | South Yorkshire |
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| The find is a gold hollow-cast zoomorphic finial, most probably to be fixed as a terminal to a æstel, or pointer. The head tapers to become a neck, which would have acted as a rimmed socket for a slender rod, secured to the terminal with a rivet through the two holes provided on the neck. The bas... | |||||
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Mount | BH-06FDE7 |
Medieval | Bedfordshire |
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| A copper-alloy mount of probable late medieval date. This form of mount (probably a belt decoration) is a common find. The style may be derived from a series of mounts in the form of a a crowned head (see, for example, BH-5BE6A3), which probably date from the 14th century AD. The mount is sub-... | |||||
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Bucket | WMID-1A0024 |
Iron age | Staffordshire |
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| An incomplete cast copper alloy bucket mount, dating from the Late Iron Age to the early Roman period (1st century), between 0 BC/ AD – AD 100 (length: 37.5mm; width: 31.5mm; thickness: 17mm; 17.5g).The bucket mount is sub triangular in plan and sub rectangular in section and appears to represent... | |||||
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Bucket | SOM-5A8447 |
Iron age | Somerset |
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| A probable cast copper alloy ox-head bucket handle escutcheon of late Iron Age or Roman date. The escutcheon is in the form of the upper part of the head of an ox and measures 27.8mm front to back 26.9mm side to side and 23.6mm top to bottom. It weighs 21.3g. It has two slightly curving horns, a ... | |||||
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Bulla | SUSS-2F1195 |
Medieval | East Sussex |
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| A cast lead Papal bulla. Papal bullae are lead seals which were attached to documents known as bulls, issued by the Papacy. The obverse depicts the head of St. Paul (which would have faced the head of St. Peter), with a sceptre between them. The two heads are each surrounded by a circle of pelle... | |||||
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Vessel | SWYOR-5A2CB6 |
Medieval | South Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy mount or handle escutcheon which is probably from a medieval vessel. It may have acted as a handle or suspension loop. The mount is in the form of an animal’s head and has a long curved neck. It is 44.6mm long, 19.2mm wide and 8.3mm thick. The animal’s head is oval and it has bared... | |||||
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Brooch | DENO-5A34B8 |
Roman | Derbyshire |
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| Roman brooch; Large cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch, possibly Wroxeter type, with a small amount of enamelled decoration. Dated to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. The head of the brooch has a broad, flat plate of sub-circular shape with the remains of the pin hinge on the reverse. The head ... | |||||
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Unidentified object | LANCUM-6DBD11 |
Medieval | Lancashire |
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| Cast cu-alloy (or possibly wrought iron?) unidentified object resembling a razor or knife. The 'handle' bear moulded decoration possibly resembling a dragon's or horned/crested serpent's head while the blade(?) is narrow and broken at one end. The blade, however, does not seem to be very sharp bu... | |||||
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Pin | NCL-0061D8 |
Roman | Cumbria |
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| CURATOR'S REPORT Description of Object The silver head of a hair pin of the early Roman period. Silver hair-pin fragment in form of a human hand. The tips of the fingers are broken, leaving only the lower part of the fingers, defined by a series of rather crude incised grooves. The... | |||||
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Brooch | SUSS-7B3167 |
Roman | West Sussex |
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| A cast copper alloy elaborate brooch formed from a swirling pattern of four projecting horses heads. The brooch has a flat front, with a central incised double ring and dot motif. From this the four thin projections extend. One of which has broken off. The heads are decoratively cut, representi... | |||||
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Ampulla | LON-7B8E64 |
Medieval | Greater London |
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| A Medieval lead alloy ampulla, chasse-like type, probably a hybrid type, of Thomas a Becket (AD1270-1350). The ampulla is hollow-cast and the ends of the rectangular body are missing. The central circular neck is present with two loops for suspension near the top of the neck. The neck is decor... | |||||
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Brooch | SWYOR-90F9E6 |
Roman | South Yorkshire |
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| A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch. The brooch is 52.2mm long, 21mm wide and 15.2mm thick. It is complete. The brooch has an oval trumpet mouth head which is decorated by a faint central ridge with an oval “eye-shaped” groove on each side. There is an acanthus button round the centre of the bow ... | |||||
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