Publication Catalogue
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Description
- Bronze bell
- Very heavily corroded and in fragmentary state. Copper/copper alloy. Circular cross section dia 1.7. Height of bell 1.5cm. Fragment at top of hanging loop or hook. Adjacent is a circular 0.5cm dia ring of raised corrosion. Thickness of material <0.05. Within bell, corroded mass to one side, seemingly ferrous and with bulbous terminus. Substantially encrusted within this space. Would appear to be the clapper. On outer face of bell near lower edge a single decorative line around circumference.
Find Details
- 1.5cm
- 1.7cm
- 0.05cm
Dates
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Linked Contexts
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Context: CH06SR_879
- Thick layer of compact brown soil in the better part of cut 900 (save for a small section on its extreme W side). This layer was compact and produced many small finds, several nails, some larger-sized pottery, small pieces of plaster and many seashells.