Hacksilver fragment

Description

Curved fragment of hacksilver decorated with two panels of incised hatched lines, drilled dots and punched circles, from Norrie's Law, Fife, 500 - 700 AD

Museum reference

X.FC 48

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Hacksilver fragment

Date

6th - 7th century
Early Medieval

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Curved fragment of silver decorated with incised hatched lines, drilled dots and punched circles. No original edges are preserved. Parts of two decorated panels either side of a plain area bordered by a row of punched circles (giving an effect similar to a beading) survive. The fragment now has an uneven profile (also like x.FC 64), with one edge more curved than the other but neither appears to be original so this is unlikely to be a true reflection of the shape of the original object.

Collection place(s)

Norrie's Law, Largo, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Landowner: Durham, James, General, 1754 - 1840
Reporter: Buist, George, 1805 - 1860

Exhibitions

• Scotland's Early Silver (13 Oct 2017 - 25 Feb 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record