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295

Wire headdress frames

195 Silk-covered,

copper alloy wire headdress frame with traces of a silk veilno. 1461(1:1)

Hair Accessories

Uncovered wire

1451    SWA81 acc. no. 1696 (context 2081) ceramic phase 9

Brass (AML); one end hammered flat and pierced and the other broken off; d lmm; surviving 1 400mm; d of hole 1.5mm.

1452    BC72 3989 (88) 11

Brass (AML); three conjoining fragments bent double and partly twisted; d lmm; surviving 1 475mm.

1453    SWA81 4998 (2069) 11

Brass (AML); one end clenched and the other broken off; bent out of shape; d 1.5mm; surviving 1 300mm.

1454    SWA81 2166 (2102) 12

Brass (AML); one end clenched into a triangle and the other broken off; d 2mm; surviving 1 350mm; w of frame 193mm.

Wire covered with silk

1455 BC72 3851 (89) 11

Brass wire including one piece with silver coating

(AML) covered with silk thread and coiled into spirals;

three fragments; d 0.2mm; longest piece 83mm.

196 U-shaped hairpin with twisted wire decoration, MoL acc.no. A1384 (1:1)