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Cheekpiece
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Suffolk County Council, Faye Minter, 2004-01-22 14:39:56
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Cheekpiece
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy harness link. Only one arm and the decorative central element of this cheekpiece survives; the other arm is missing due to an old break, now worn. The surviving length is 49mm and the width across the widest point - the central decorative element - is 53mm. The complete arm measures 36mm in length and 8mm in width; it has a roughly triangular cross-section. The arm ends in a lozenge-shaped terminal with a large oval perforation through it (11mm by 12mm). There are knobs on three corners of the lozenge.

The central decorative boss is very unusual; instead of being raised and circular in shape, it consists of parallel projecting arms, the terminals of which are shaped like fleur-de-lis. There were originally more protrusions from the two main arms, but these are now missing or incomplete due to old breaks. The central decorative element of the cheekpiece measures 53mm in length and 21mm in width.

This cheekpiece is Anglo-Scandinavian in style and dates to the 11th century. No parallel could be found with such a large and elaborate central decorative panel. Cited by Williams (2007, 4)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 1000 and 1100
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 58376
Old ref: SF-E7BA78
Filename: FLWSF-E7BA78.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/16802
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/16802/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/58376
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