Accession No

Z 27378.6


Description

Fragment of a shield boss flange. Flat flange with small upward curving section of a concave wall. One side is slightly rounded and would have formed a circular flange, the other sides are broken and irregular. Protruding copper alloy rivet with circular rivet head near one terminal.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 27378.6; MAA: ?1927.694


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Record for Z 27378[.1-11]: 'Anglo-Saxon iron fragments, mainly spearheads. Some wood remains in the sockets. Portion of rim of shield-boss, with bronze rivet for attachment remaining in situ.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sarah-Jane Harknett record for [Z 27378.1-11]: 'One of the sockets found associated with this idno fits onto one of the spearheads of 1927.694 B. The rest of the objects relating to Z 27378 may match the objects missing from 1927.694 A-D, hence both numbers have been put in the idno field.'
Event Date 19/4/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a shield boss flange. Flat flange with small upward curving section of a concave wall. One side is slightly rounded and would have formed a circular flange, the other sides are broken and irregular. Protruding copper alloy rivet with circular rivet head near one terminal.
Event Date 14/5/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins


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