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Medieval purse frame fragment
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2006-08-29 15:35:46
Title
Medieval purse frame fragment
Description
English: A fragment of a copper-alloy purse frame of late 15th to early 16th century AD date; London Museum type A4-A6 (Museum of London; 1967; pp. 163).

The fragment is part of the D-shaped frame. It is v-shaped in section and is decorated on one of the outer faces with a pattern of cross-hatched incisions.

The piece is slightly corroded. It measures 36.8mm long, by 7.1mm wide and 4.5mm high; the weight is 5.93g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1475 and 1525
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 141073
Old ref: BH-44DFF1
Filename: Med purse bar 06 97 - 72.jpg
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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/112055
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/112055/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/141073
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