File:Medieval purse bar frame (FindID 161148).jpg

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

Original file(4,424 × 1,552 pixels, file size: 802 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Medieval purse bar frame
Photographer
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2007-02-20 16:36:53
Title
Medieval purse bar frame
Description
English: Incomplete late medieval copper alloy purse bar or Ward Perkins Type A2, missing approx. half the length of both arms.

The purse bar has a swivelling circular loop, pointed oval in section, and 25.9mm in diameter (internal 19mm) which is rather thinner at the top, where it would have been suspended. This passes through the central block and is fixed at the other end with a separate rove.

The incomplete bar is 72.5mm in length. It is rectangular in section and has broken at the point where the pierced attachment flange extends below the bar, vertically across the piercing. This would have been where the cloth of the purse was sewn to the frame.

The bar has a thickened moulding flanking either side of the central block c.8mm long, which is oval in section.

The bar is inscribed on both sides, although msot of the lettering is lost due to the breaks. One side read S/ TE either side of the central block, the other appears to be a half lozenge and a lozenge/ PA?X. The first probably would have been DOMINVS TECVM (the Lord is with you), the second ?Peace.

The central block is pierced through the centre and on the underside the piercing is recessed. The central block is shield-shaped and decorated on both sides. On the S/ TE arm side, it is a niello scallop with an inverted V above - possibly an ornate A? The other side of the block has a neillo tau cross with long-stemmed crosses extending to its side from the base.

This type of purse bar dates from 1450-1500.

Weighs 44.04g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Swindon
Date between 1450 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 161148
Old ref: WILT-EEBDA1
Filename: Gillett0207pursebar.jpg
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/130821
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/130821/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/161148
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Attribution-ShareAlike License
Object location51° 31′ 04.44″ N, 1° 47′ 54.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current05:34, 6 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 05:34, 6 February 20174,424 × 1,552 (802 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WILT, FindID: 161148, medieval, page 6024, batch sort-updated count 68708

The following page uses this file:

Metadata