Fragment of a rounded rectangular terminal, from Torksey

An image of Rod fragment. Hacksilver. A rounded rectangular terminal cut and broken from a rod of square cross-section, of cast and worked silver. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Viking. 800-999. Early Medieval.

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Rod fragment. Hacksilver. A rounded rectangular terminal cut and broken from a rod of square cross-section, of cast and worked silver. Find Spot: Torksey, Lincolnshire. Viking. 800-999. Early Medieval.

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Accession Number: CM.1789-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 684 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 351.18kB
Exposure time: 1/25
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:11:15 13:08:34

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10th Century 9th Century AD Early Medieval Fitz_CM fragment hack-silver hacksilver Medieval rod Silver terminals Torksey Viking

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