Record ID: HAMP-6A2BF3
Object type: TUMBREL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy artefact of medieval date: probably the terminal fragment from a tumbrel, or coin balance (c. 14th century AD). The arm is perpendicular to the rectangular terminal (tray) and has broken at the perforation that would have taken the axis bar. The arm is bent backwards and is broken at both ends of the perforation (L.: 8.8mm, W.: 4.7mm, Th.: 3.2mm). The tray is rectangular, thin and flat, apart from a moulding just below the loop. This moulding is a raised transverse rectangle with central transverse removal (Th.: 2.8mm): alternatively, two rectangular ridges. The fi…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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