Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-000D84
Object type certainty: Probably
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A complete cast copper alloy vessel mount, possibly for an Anglo Saxon hanging bowl. This mount is cross shaped in outline and convex in side profile, which would have allowed it to fit snugly against the side of a vessel. It measures 31mm in length and 24mm in width. The two shorter arms of the cross have flaring terminals and the two longer terminals do not, although they do have a transverse groove near to their tips. On the front face the arms are decorated with ring and dot, also on the front face, slightly off centre, there is a projecting pointed spike. The two longer arms each have a circular perforation, probably rivet holes, near to their terminals. The back face of this mount is undecorated and smooth. This mount has been identifed as such by Dr H Geake and is most likely to be Anglo Saxon in date.
Class:
Mount
Sub class: Hanging bowl
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 24 mm
Weight: 6.88 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2003
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Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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