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LAMP HANGER

Unique ID: SF6713

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Lamp hanger of unusual form. Largely flat and made of copper alloy, it has a central triangular plate with rounded corners, which has a central circular hole and a similar hole in each corner. The central hole probably, by analogy with other lamp hangers, held a separate stem with a loop at either end. Projecting from the centre of each side of the central triangle is a long flat arm, with each side curving to a point and decorated with short transverse grooves. On the underside of each point is a D-shaped pierced lug, one now worn through. Lamp hangers have hitherto been thought of as relatively standardised items (see Egan 1998 and Rogerson 1987); they date from the medieval period and may have been used in churches or in homes.

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Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 22.85 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st July 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK ST PETER SOUTH ELMHAM

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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