File:Writing on Runic Tweezers Side A 3 (FindID 511213).jpg
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editWriting on Runic Tweezers Side A 3 | |||
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The British Museum, Ian Richardson, 2012-08-02 13:49:07 |
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Title |
Writing on Runic Tweezers Side A 3 |
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Description |
English: The object is similar to a pair of tweezers in form, but one of the arms is broken off shorter than the other and both tips are missing; length of longer arm (side B), 53.5mm; length of shorter arm (side A), 41.6mm (max surviving); width 9.9mm (max). It consists of a tightly folded strip (or possibly two strips riveted together) tapering towards the remaining ends and close to the head it appears to have been pierced through by a copper rivet, traces of which survive, and traces of a circular outline round the rivet stubs on both sides suggest it may have had a domed head on each end of it. The arms are bowed and the head end is slightly bent down at the point where the arms meet. Both arms are lightly incised with inscriptions in Anglo-Saxon runic letters (see below). On both edges next to the 'fold' there is a slight depression in the metal. The exact function of the object is a little uncertain in view of the antique damage, although the inscriptions suggest it may possibly have had an ecclesiastical purpose, perhaps as tweezers or candle-snuffers used in church rituals.
Within incised linear borders, each arm is incised with a runic inscription, although parts of the surface have been lost or obscured by corrosion resulting in the loss of some details. Nevertheless, Professor John Hines has been able to identify the runes successfully and provide a reading of the texts to be more extensively discussed elsewhere, for which I am most grateful:- The form of the object is only very broadly comparable with a pair of tweezers from Reculver, Kent, dating to the 8th/9th century (D.M. Wilson, 1964, Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum, London, 161, no. 62, pl. 28, 62). But, on the basis of linguistic and runographic parallels, Professor Hines proposes a date range of c. AD 725-825 for the inscription. Analysis position 2. Dark metal on aide of the top Analysis position 3. Dark metal tip of long arm |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Lincolnshire | ||
Date | between 725 and 825 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 511213 Old ref: PAS-6F2DA2 Filename: side_A_03.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/391039 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/391039/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/511213 |
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