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Shield boss

Description

An Anglo-Saxon iron shield boss or umbo, about 6th-century AD; with a bronze-tinned disc on the apex.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 2004-65/67.1

  • Date

    501-600 AD

  • Material

    metal iron bronze

  • Measurements

  • Diameter

    24 mm

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust