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Unique ID: YORYM-8425D2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2002 T266
The pendant is cast in the form of a double-headed hammer with an elongated pentagonal head, which is slightly thickened vertically where it joins the tapering, rectangular-sectioned 'shaft'. At the end of the shaft a suspension loop was originally formed by hammering the end into a flat strip and curving it into a loop for hanging from a metal ring, but the tip is now broken off. The pendant is undecorated.
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 92 per cent.
Notes:
Scandinavian and English examples of Thor's hammer pendants are discussed in the entry for the find from Essex (2002 T168, BM-CC5395). Like the Wetwang and Essex finds, the one from Cuerdale has a strip loop formed by hammering the end flat, which is unusual for silver pendants and might indicate insular manufacture.
Note: As the Wetwang Thor's hammer was found in 1991, prior to the commencement of the Treasure Act 1996, the common law of Treasure Trove applies.
B AGER
See Treasure Annual Report 2002 (2003), p.98, no.45.
This Treasure Case was reported prior to 2007 at which time PAS database records for items of potential Treasure became mandatory. As such some information may be missing from the record and no image of the object could be located.
The details of this find are now being added as part of a retrospective documentation project by the FLO in order to ensure maximum retention and accessibility of knowledge.
Class: Thor's hammer
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2002T266
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Height: 33 mm
Width: 23 mm
Weight: 5.9 g
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1991
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Treasure case number: 2002T266
4 Figure: SE9259
Four figure Latitude: 54.01881522
Four figure longitude: -0.59733703
1:25K map: SE9259
1:10K map: SE95NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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