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Unique ID: LIN-7B42A2
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete early Anglo-Saxon copper alloy girdle hanger. The hanger has 'closed' terminals, which allows it to be assigned to Felder's Group B2c.
Only the terminal and part of the shank survive. The shank is rectangular in plan, flat, and decorated on one side only with a vertical row of punched dots. The terminal is trapezoid in plan and has inward sloping prongs. Both prongs terminate with an everted rounded end, and a segment that connects the interior of the prong to the shank.
One side of the terminal is decorated. Both rounded ends each contain a single punched dot in the centre. A row of pinched crescents runs down the centre of each prong, and also along the base element and the lower part of the shank.
The girdle hanger has an abraded, rough break which is bent slightly forwards. This indicates post-depositional damage, probably caused by cultivation.
This terminal might be associated with a shank found closeby, recorded on the PAS database as LIN-941FDA.
This form of girdle hanger is distributed exclusively in Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, and are absent from Norfolk, implying the form is a product of one or more local workshops (Felder 2014, 266).
Class:
Closed terminal
Sub class: Felder Group B2c
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 470
Date to: Circa AD 570
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Width: 43 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 19.12 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Monday 19th June 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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