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Dogs leash swivel
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Derby Museums Trust, Megan Gard, 2020-10-30 09:16:05
Title
Dogs leash swivel
Description
English: A Medieval copper-alloy swivel strap-distributor, possibly from a dogs leash, dating to AD 1000 - 1100.  The swivel comprises three conjoined components each of which rotated. The main body of the object is globular with an oval section. It is hollow. It is decorated with an openwork foliate design, four leaves decorate the outer edge, although worn, faint incised lines can be seen decorating the leaves. 
At the top and bottom of the swivel are sub-circular plates which is decorated with a series of closely spaced radiating grooves, in the centre of each is a circular hole. The circular holes house rectangular terminals, which are both pierced. The sides of the rectangular mounts are decorates with four incised lozenges joined together. One of the swivels still freely moves.

Height: 42.42 mm
Diameter: 36.06 mm
Weight: 41.7 g

Read (2016), Metal artefacts of antiquity, p 64 no 483, is almost identical. Read comments: 'uncertain function but possibly from dogs' leashes.' This object is dated to the 11th century, though it is likely such objects were used throughout the medieval period.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
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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FindIdentifier: 1014564
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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/1120480
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1120480/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1014564
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 39′ 54.36″ N, 0° 51′ 13.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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