File:Anglo Saxon (middle) Disc-headed Pin, Manton (FindID 181947).jpg
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| Anglo Saxon (middle) Disc-headed Pin, Manton | |||
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Lisa Staves, 2007-06-01 15:20:17 |
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| Title |
Anglo Saxon (middle) Disc-headed Pin, Manton |
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| Description |
English: Middle Anglo-Saxon decorated disc-headed pin. The flat disc-shaped pinhead is decorated on the front with incised and chip-carved decoration consisting of an equal-armed cross with expanding terminals in a punched border. The body of the cross is also decorated by means of punching. Within the armpits of the cross, the fields are decorated with delicate interlaced knots developed from basic triskeles. There are three attachment holes and the back of the pinhead is undecorated.
The pin shaft is broken off, but traces of its attachment are visible in the soldering adhering to one of the arms of the cross that forms the decoration of the piece. The diameter of the pinhead is 25mm and the weight is 3.35g. When complete, the pin would have been part of a linked pin set, as indicated by the hole(s) punched in the pinhead. We can assume that the original hole (very close to the edge) was torn and a second nearby added to substitute it. The third hole might indicate reuse of the piece, perhaps as a pendant. Sets of two or three linked pins were fashionable in the late eighth century. The most spectacular example is the linked triple pin set from the river Witham, in Lincolnshire (see L. Webster and J Backhouse The Making of England, London 1991, no. 184), but plainer pieces with cruciform designs are also well known. The description is based on the Treasure report by A.Gannon, British Museum. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire | ||
| Date | between 750 and 800 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 181947 Old ref: NLM-028751 Filename: NLM11296.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/140213 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/140213/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/181947 |
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