Record ID: SUR-7D6982
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy fob dangler. The object has a circular frame in which sit three spirals, each slightly concave, which are ordered to leave three apertures of pointed oval form. A collared stem projects from the centre of the reverse and this ends in a broken suspension loop. Fobs or danglers are a poorly understood artefact type, and may have been hung from items of equipment, personal apparel or harness decoration (Jope 2000, pp 285). Jope (ibid.) records 17 known examples of danglers and related 'hangers' from Britain, while Macgregor (1976a, pp 37) records nine…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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