linch-pin

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Object Type
Museum number: 1896,0120.9
Description: Copper alloy and iron linch pin. The copper alloy head is vase-shaped and perforated, bearing drilled and incised ornament on both the bulbar section and the flat circular top. Only a small portion of the iron shaft remains.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 50 BC - AD 100
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Stanwick (Stanwick hoard, 1843)
Materials
Technique: drilled; incised
Dimensions: Length: 60 millimetres (approx); Width: 60 millimetres (approx)
Bibliographic references: MacGregor 1962 / The Early Iron Age Metalwork Hoard from Stanwick, N. R. Yorks; Palk 1992 / Metal horse harness of the British and Irish Iron Ages (no. 582); Leeds 1933 / Celtic Ornament; Fitts 1999 / Melsonby revisited: Survey and Excavation 1992-5 at the site of discovery of the 'Stanwick', North Yorkshire, Hoard of 1843 (p37) (analysis results)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1896,0120.9
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: M.77; Miscellaneous number: Set C

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