box;
fitting;
lock;
hinge;
nail
- Museum number
- 1980,1021.535.a-i
- Description
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Eleven iron fittings from a wooden box, comprising of: (a) tongue-shaped lock plate, pierced by two rivet holes, with a projecting rod at each end held in place by a looped staple, with broken off fragment and mineralised wood on the underside; (b) L-shaped corner piece, of flat section, with engraved linear decoration and mineralised wood on the underside; (c) L-shaped corner piece, with engraved linear decoration and mineralised wood on the underside; (d) drop handle in two pieces, with looped terminals attached by T-shaped staples, with mineralised wood on surface; (e) tongue-shaped hinge fragment, pierced by a rivet at curved end, with mineralised wood on the underside; (f) tongue-shaped hinge fragment, with remains of a rivet hole at curved end and mineralised wood on the underside; (g) fragment of flat section, sub-rectangular, with mineralised wood on the underside; (h) fragment, pierced by rivet, with mineralised wood on underside and on shank; (i) T-shaped nail, with mineralised wood on surface and with lump of wood fused to it.
- Production date
- early 5thC - middle 7thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 108.50 millimetres (part a)
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Length: 35 millimetres (part b)
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Length: 45 millimetres (part c)
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Length: 95.20 millimetres (part d (combined))
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Length: 37.50 millimetres (part e)
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Length: 46.80 millimetres (part f)
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Length: 20.50 millimetres (part g)
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Length: 17.50 millimetres (part h)
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Length: 25 millimetres (part i)
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Weight: 39.10 grammes (part a)
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Weight: 5.20 grammes (part b)
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Weight: 6 grammes (part c)
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Weight: 19.50 grammes (part d (total))
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Weight: 4 grammes (part e)
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Weight: 5.50 grammes (part f)
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Weight: 1.70 grammes (part g)
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Weight: 1 grammes (part h)
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Weight: 0.80 grammes (part i)
- Curator's comments
- Found lying across the left fibula.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1980,1021.535.a-i
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: 161(11-15) (Excavation no.)
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Excavation/small finds number: 717-722 (Small Find no.)