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Post-medieval jews harp: Jews harp
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All rights reserved, Anni Byard, 2014-07-18 11:26:20
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Post-medieval jews harp: Jews harp
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English: A cast copper alloy jews or jaws harp of the late Medieval to late Post Medieval period. In plan, the jews harp consists of a sub circular head and two tapering arms, both with the characteristic lozenge-shaped cross section. The arms are complete. The rabbet is located at the apex of the head, but is missing the iron tongue, which would have been used to sound the insrtument. This jews harps date to between c. AD 1400 and 1700.

Jews harps have a long history of being folk instruments, with a wide geographical distributions. They are believed to be indigenous to South East Asia, and had been introduced to Europe during the Crusades, between the 11th and 14th Centuries AD (Egan 1998: 284). Four iron jews harps were recovered from excavations in London's waterfront, and have been dated from c.1270 to c.1400 (ibid.).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date POST MEDIEVAL
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FindID: 628317
Old ref: BERK-8F5268
Filename: 8F5268.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/477156
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/477156
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