File:Early Medieval Shield boss (FindID 520300).jpg

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Early Medieval Shield boss
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Kent County Council, Jen Jackson, 2012-09-12 14:31:57
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Early Medieval Shield boss
Description
English: An incomplete, fragmented iron Early Medieval sheild boss. The cone of the boss is slightly concave. The wall is also concave with an overhanging carination. The boss has a complete narrow apex rod (8.43mm) which widens at the terminus to disk headed apex. This is 17.1mm in diameter and is flat topped. The flange of the boss is incomplete and therefore it is difficult to measure the exact diameter of the boss as a whole. The shield boss measures approx. 97mm in height, 152mm in diameter. The wall height is 20.14mm. The sheild boss weighs 420g.

Typologies of sheild bosses consider the measurements and shape of the boss. The measurements taken suggest that this boss is Type 1, as described in Dickinson and Harke (1992), pp.10-12. However the height of this boss measures slightly more than is usual for a Type 1 (65-91mm). Despite this difference, Type 1 is still the most promising candidate as a Type 1 subgroup Type 1.2 is the only type in which the cone of the boss is concave. In addition the shape of the apex is best fitted to Type 1. The number of flange rivets is also used to designate Type, however the majority of the flange is missing from this object. The boss appears to have been constructed using the single piece method as a weld is not visible between the cone and the wall and the thickness of the wall is consistant.

Type 1 sheild bosses are relatively rare from Kent, with only 3 known at the time the typology was written. This compares with the most common type in Kent (Type 3) of which there were 16 examples. Type 1 sheild bosses are mostly found in Wessex and the Upper Thames region.

Type 1.2 bosses start to appear in datable contexts from the early 5th century AD. Both types 1 and 1.2 continue to appear until the late 6th century. However the number of Type 1.2 bosses decreases from the mid 6th century.

Object number KENT-55BB12 in the database is related to this object as the only surviving rivet.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 425 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 520300
Old ref: KENT-08EAB1
Filename: Boss.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/396554
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/396554/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/520300
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 28 November 2020)
Object location51° 16′ 12.36″ N, 0° 38′ 38.88″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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