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An unidentified silver object
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Somerset County Council, Alice Forward, 2013-01-22 16:21:52
Title
An unidentified silver object
Description
English: Treasure case 2011 T879: Disclaimed, returned to finder.

Description

A distorted and fragmentary silver object of uncertain function. The slender twisted stem, which is broken at the distal end and bent in two places, is joined beyond a tongue-like junction to a very incomplete flat plate. The plate's surviving edge, at the shoulders and on one side, is notched/ serrated. There is one (surviving) decorative stamped motif - a central eye with three concentric surrounding rings.

Date: uncertain.

Dimensions: length 49.6 mm. Weight: 3.12 g.

Discussion

Non-destructive surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a silver content of approximately 94-97%.

On the balance of probabilities this object is over 300 years old, though it cannot be attributed to any particular date or culture, and as such it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Ralph Jackson

Dept. of Prehistory & Europe

British Museum

24th April 2012
Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date between 800 BC and 1711
Accession number
FindID: 477283
Old ref: SOM-5D8E21
Filename: SOM-5D8E21.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/412990
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/412990/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/477283
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