File:1090 Medieval purse bar (FindID 133519).jpg

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1090 Medieval purse bar.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2006-07-18 14:57:51
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1090 Medieval purse bar.jpg
Description
English: Cast copper alloy purse bar length 73mm, width 33mm, thickness 10mm, weight 32.18g. The central part of the purse bar is rectangular, this has a circular hole running through the centre where a swivel is mounted, the base of the swivel has a semicircular knop terminal, the opposite end has the base of a loop with a long oval section neck.

From either side of the central rectangular piece extends a straight bar with a rectangular cross-section, one of which is now bent and both are truncated. Remains of decoration still remains on the central section, consisting of a spiral on one side and a double X on the other, the method of decoration is recesses inset with niello. The artefact is in poor condition with corrosion having removed the original patina, resulting in a light green, pitted surface.

This artefacts dates to the 15th-early 16th century
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date between 1400 and 1540
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 133519
Old ref: GLO-44C9B6
Filename: 1090 Medieval purse bar.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/108219
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/108219/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/133519
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Object location51° 50′ 56.4″ N, 2° 18′ 14.26″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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