2024-03-28T15:58:18+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results4120Cambridgeshire1000CountyMEDIEVAL1Metal detector606591_MED_HarnessPendant.jpg13862012Centred on parish41115411MDDistrictCertain2NMS14701400Kimboltonx1422126350390Huntingdonshire106272017-09-25T15:49:52ZReturned to finderEasternCirca
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant. Suspension mount broken across two rivet holes at upper edge, the upper half wedge-shaped, the side edges on the lower half triple-lobed either side of a trefoil field, now empty, with a rivet below. Double pierced lugs project from the lower edge retaining an axis bar from which langs a lozengiform pendant from a transverse-pierced lug, with rounded lobes projecting from each side of the lozenge, two of which survive. There is a blue enamelled quatrefoil at the centre of the pendant. For a similar pendant see NMS-0121D4 and NMS-6F9874.
Mount 34 x 12mm. Pendant at least 20 x 9mm. 14th century.
Robert Webley347-0.38832445NMS-7518555484641setIND14022012EDMEDIEVALHARNESS PENDANTTL1068finds-54846411124NMS-606591Incomplete1300x14221images/edarch/1435076PAS5136065900117542013-03-05T14:51:06ZCertainx142212012-02-01T00:00:00Z292012-02-29T00:00:00Z52.29911983MEDIEVALCopper alloy41425MD1Circa29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/MEDIEVALCertainEnamelCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:08.892ZCambridgeshire1000CountyMEDIEVAL1Metal detector5FBDB6_MED_Buckle.jpg13862012Centred on parish115411MDDistrictCertain4NMS14701400Kimboltonx1422126350390Huntingdonshire106272014-06-17T13:04:31ZReturned to finderEasternCirca
Medieval copper alloy buckle apparently made from a strap-slide. Rectangular frame with convex sides, outside edge and attachment edge. There are two short internal projections. The outside edge is cast in the form of a stylised king's head longitudinally set with triple-lobed crown and large, angular nose.
Sub-rectangular sheet plate with hole for large sheet pin, broken just past fold, front-plate missing, with a single copper alloy rivet at attachment end.
The internal projections may be the remains of a broken transverse bar, the breaks made smooth as part of the repair, or the internal projections of a strap-slide. Either the buckle has been repaired, or possibly a strap-slide has been re-used as a buckle.
Frame 24 x 19mm. Plate 25 x 11mm. 14th century.
Similar to NMS-80EE58, NMS-865B91 and SWYOR-3CBD88.
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Material: Garnet
Height: 20mm, width: 17mm, weight: 14.5g
Condition: Fracture on the dome of the head with several cracks and small chips. Chipped at the neck on the right. The short neck is polished with a shallow line engraved at the front. This was probably already cut down from a longer neck in Antiquity when it was most likely inserted into a bust made of another precious material.
Description: A miniature head of Socrates. He is shown bearded, with a bald pate and with long hair at the back. He has a round face with characteristically prominent cheekbones and brow, and with a short stubby nose. These features appear already in the earliest depictions of Socrates (type A and type B) in the 4th century BC (see P. Zanker, Die Maske des Sokrates. Das Bild des Intellektuellen in der antiken Kunst (Munich 1995); I. Scheibler, Rezeptionsphasen des jüngeren Sokratesporträts in der Kaiserzeit', JdI 119 (2004) 179-258; I. Scheibler, Zum ältesten Bildnis des Sokrates', MüJb 40 (1989) 7-33).
This version of Socrates, however, is more loosely based on the two types - composite characteristics are the commonest form of the depiction in Roman times (see also J. Lang, Mit Wissen geschmückt? Überlegungen zur bildlichen Rezeption griechischer Dichter und Denker in der römischen Lebenswelt am Beispiel kleinformatiger Bildwerke (Cologne, forthcoming 2012) chapter 2.2.2). The shape of the head is rounder, three lines are incised on the forehead. The ears are not covered by the long sinuous hair at the back. The carefully engraved curly beard comes to a point under the chin and on both sides of the face and the ends of the beard hair curl into little loops. The sideburns are short with only a small wave and the upper lip is obscured under the short, almost straight moustache. The lower lip is turned slightly down at the ends and shows the mouth slightly open. The upper lids are arched high and the irises are drilled at the top of the eye.
Portraits of philosophers were a popular subject on engraved gems (intaglios and cameos) made from precious and semi-precious stones (see also C. Wagner and J. Boardman A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos (Oxford, 2003) 96).
Date: 1st century BC -1st century AD.
Sally Worrell30BramptonNMS-99DBD65074861ROMANFIGURINEfinds-5074861417NMS-8B3A40Incomplete-100x41218images/edarch/1385193PAS4FD8B3A400103932012-06-13T16:37:08ZCertainx412181969-12-31T23:00:00Z211970-12-29T23:00:00ZROMANGem41425RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:46.228ZRestricted AccessCambridgeshire10CountyMEDIEVAL1Metal detector2010_T816.jpg138693136612010T816MDInlaid with nielloDistrictCertain4NMS1357181500Restricted Accessx14221195960.7Fenland117282021-09-20T14:05:57ZDonated to museum after being declared TreasureEasternCirca
A medieval gilded silver annular brooch. The openwork frame is flat sectioned, consisting of an internal ring with sixteen conjoined scallop-shell or fan-shaped projections (eleven of which survive) around the outer edge with a small circular hole between each one. One of these holes is expanded and the internal ring narrowed to hold the (missing) pin. The internal ring is decorated with an incised single line border around the inner and outer edge with angled grooves between, within which traces of niello survive. Although still in one piece, the frame is broken across its full width at the constriction for the pin and cracked across the frame at another point. External diameter 18mm. Weight 0.7g.
Helen Geake (Norfolk)122ElmNMS-FA272241996591MEDIEVALBROOCHRestricted Accessfinds-419965118NMS-FA2190Complete1100x14221images/edarch/11154251PAS4CFFA2190010AB42010-12-08T15:19:53ZCertainx1422129MEDIEVALSilver41425MD1Circa29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MEDIEVALWisbech MuseumCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:50.406Z