File:Early Medieval to Medieval pin (FindID 1013348).jpg

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

Original file ‎(1,890 × 1,349 pixels, file size: 186 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Early Medieval to Medieval pin
Photographer
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Matthew Fittock, 2020-10-15 10:37:21
Title
Early Medieval to Medieval pin
Description
English: A near complete Early Medieval to Medieval cast copper-alloy pin dating AD 700-850. The head is sub-ovoid with a saltire at its centre. The remainder of the head is decorated with several parallel grooves angled upwards from the base. There is a ring-shaped collar dividing the head from the rest of the integral circular-sectioned shaft which survives intact except for the broken tip.

The pin measures 71mm long. The head is 8.36mm diameter. The entire object weighs 4.34 grams.

For similar pins recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme see BH-AAA712 and BH-34AE6D.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 700 and 850
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1013348
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/1119088
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1119088/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1013348
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location52° 14′ 12.84″ N, 0° 25′ 00.68″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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.

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current01:02, 31 October 2020Thumbnail for version as of 01:02, 31 October 20201,890 × 1,349 (186 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BH, FindID: 1013348-1119088, early medieval, page 33, batch count 410

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Early_Medieval_to_Medieval_pin_(FindID_1013348).jpg&oldid=733149366"