File:Early Medieval copper alloy hair pin (FindID 452775).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,541 × 1,460 pixels, file size: 460 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Early Medieval copper alloy hair pin
Photographer
Leicestershire County Council, Wendy Scott, 2011-08-03 09:49:13
Title
Early Medieval copper alloy hair pin
Description
English: Early medieval copper alloy pin, 38mm long, 15mm wide and 3.5mm thick. It is in fair condition with a weight of 4.09grams. The object consists of a plate of metal which has been rolled to form a circular sectioned shaft. At the top of the shaft the metal has been split into two strips which have been rolled to form two spirals. These then meet creating a 'love heart' shaped terminal with a void below the spirals.

Pins like this are rare. Helen Geake has identified this as a Ross type LXVI. These do not begin before the seventh century. They continue into the late Anglo-Saxon period (up to 1100), but if this find is from a grave it would have been deposited before 720. The object could be a grave find, as many other objects associated with burials have been found close by and objects such as LEIC-6F3475 (tweezers) could also date to this period.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 600 and 1100
Accession number
FindID: 452775
Old ref: LEIC-709A97
Filename: 709A97a.jpg.JPG
Credit line
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/339752
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/339752/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/452775
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:16, 4 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 21:16, 4 February 20171,541 × 1,460 (460 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LEIC, FindID: 452775, early medieval, page 7853, batch primary count 61753

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Early_Medieval_copper_alloy_hair_pin_(FindID_452775).jpg&oldid=518135159"