File:Early Medieval to Medieval harness link (incomplete) (FindID 434963).jpg

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Early Medieval to Medieval harness link (incomplete)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-03-31 15:44:32
Title
Early Medieval to Medieval harness link (incomplete)
Description
English: A copper-alloy harness link of 11th century date (see Williams 2007: 5).

The artefact has a central boss with a projecting lobe at the top and one at the bottom. The upper surface is flat and bears an incised saltire. Projecting sideways from either side of this boss is a short arm of trapezoidal section. The left hand arm terminates in a lozenge-shaped loop with a projecting lobe on each of its three external corners. Only a small portion of the right hand loop survives. The object measures 58.6mm long, 24.6mm wide, 9.9mm thick and weighs 26.59g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
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: 434963
Old ref: BH-8CD5C3
Filename: Earlymed_harness_link_11_53_8.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/322882
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/322882/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434963
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