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Saxon object mystery for Canterbury experts
BBC ^ | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | unattributed

Posted on 03/18/2010 7:14:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Experts have been unable to identify the silver, bronze and wooden disc

A Saxon object which was uncovered in an archaeological dig in Kent cannot be identified by experts.

The circular silver, bronze and wooden disk was found in a Saxon burial ground at The Meads, Sittingbourne, in 2008.

Despite using microscopes, X-rays and reading articles about burial grounds, the Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT) has been unable to identify it.

CAT believe that the object could be a decorative form of mount as it was discovered next to a sword.

Finds manager of CAT Andrew Richardson said: "We don't currently recognise it, but it may be a decorative mount on something, but we don't know what it's mounted on.

Shopping centre laboratory

"We'll analyse the wood on the back, to see what sort of wood it is and see whether it was attached to an item.

"We've been trawling thought the literature, and we'll look at its relationship to other finds in the grave and see if we can figure out by looking at the corrosion of objects how it relates to other items."

The disc was discovered with about 2,500 other objects at The Meads burial ground.

The items are currently undergoing a cleaning and identification process at a temporary laboratory in the Forum Shopping Centre by a group of experts and volunteers who have been specially trained.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/18/2010 7:14:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

An ear ring ???


2 posted on 03/18/2010 7:15:26 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Well, looks to me like Canturbury experts have way too much time on their hands. Nominee for Most Boring Artifact Ever.

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3 posted on 03/18/2010 7:16:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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To: Tennessee Nana

An early tinker-toy?


4 posted on 03/18/2010 7:18:18 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Better guess than I had

:)


5 posted on 03/18/2010 7:21:43 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
a special faucet washer:


6 posted on 03/18/2010 7:24:30 PM PDT by rdax
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To: SunkenCiv

Could be a cheekpiece for a bridle, the sort of bridle used for chariots or wagons. There would have been two of them, one on each side of the horse’s mouth.

See ‘Horse, Wheel, Language’, by David Anthony, where these sorts of cheekpieces are illustrated from about 1700 B.C. Although I realize they are saying this is a Saxon piece which would be A,.D.


7 posted on 03/18/2010 7:24:33 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: Tennessee Nana

looks like a button


8 posted on 03/18/2010 7:24:54 PM PDT by deltaromeo11 (Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves;they all love bribes and chase after gifts.Isaiah 1:23)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s a celestial time piece. They use it to track the summer solstice. The particular one was obviously the pocket variety. If you hold it up in the air on the date of the summer solstice, then the shadow created by the holes will line up perfectly.

(Always a safe guess when you have no clue, and you’re an archaeologist).


9 posted on 03/18/2010 7:27:15 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SunkenCiv

Well, duh.

10 posted on 03/18/2010 7:27:23 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Its an ancient symbol depicting “Bush’s Fault”


11 posted on 03/18/2010 7:28:06 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: Brilliant

no way its a steering wheel puller


12 posted on 03/18/2010 7:29:20 PM PDT by Revelation 911 (How many 100's of 1000's of our servicemen died so we would never bow to a king?" -freeper pnh102)
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To: Revelation 911; Brilliant

You’re both wrong. It’s a “Widget.”


13 posted on 03/18/2010 7:30:50 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Isw this the latest Canterbury tale?


14 posted on 03/18/2010 7:30:52 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: SunkenCiv
Two different metals separated by an insulator? Soaked in vinegar, it might be a battery.

Maybe,

Sorta

15 posted on 03/18/2010 7:32:16 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Obama: Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Does it have something to do with our second gay Bishop in the ECUSA?


16 posted on 03/18/2010 7:33:22 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: rdax

>> a special faucet washer

Sounds of compressed laughter from Evergreen ;o)


17 posted on 03/18/2010 7:34:48 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

They probably should be asking a miller about this.


18 posted on 03/18/2010 7:36:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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To: muir_redwoods

Oooh, not bad...


19 posted on 03/18/2010 7:36:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://themagicnegro.com/)
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To: Brilliant
>> It’s a celestial time piece. They use it to track the summer solstice.

You, Sir, have obviously spent too much time sniggering over your copy of Motel of the Mysteries

20 posted on 03/18/2010 7:37:02 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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