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M. Bronze and brass objects
MI. A flared ring of bronze, about 0.2 m in diameter, tentatively identified on the basis of parallels in the Lerwick Museum as the rim of the Kennemerland's bell (73 K 107;
12.01-20.0).
M2. A bronze tray-like object, 0.095 m in dia-
meter, with raised and inset sides 0.03 m high. Similar objects have been found on the wrecks of the Dutch East Indiamen Mere- steyn (1702) and Hollandia (1743) (Mars- den, 1976: 206), and identified as cartridge cases; however, unlike these, the present object does not have a number inscribed on its top (to indicate the calibre of the shot), despite being in a very good state of preser- vation, so this identification is in doubt. Mr Tom Henderson, of the Lerwick Museum, has suggested that it is the top of a lantern (73 K 128;Site A, 3.0/35.5) (Fig. 24).
M3. Half of a bronze hinge, with three screw holes; possibly modern (73 K 232; Site A, 2-0/37-0).
M4. A bronze strip with a semicircular diver- sion in it; apparently the mooring for a gim- ble of some sort; possibly modern (73 K 247).
M5.An arrow shaped curved brass spring, about 0.08 m long (73 K 182;Site D, -5-5/-5-5).
M6, 7, 9 &lo. Five brass fishhooks, between 0.06 and 0.10m long; age uncertain (74 K 22, 74 K 42, and 74 K 53; Site F, various locations).
M8. Featureless brass needle, 0.217 m long, with one end pointed and one end rounded. M15, 18 & 22. Three large bronze nails, 0-043
and 0.055 m long, and with heads 0.014 to
0.018 m in diameter.
M20. Bronze tag-shaped object, circular with a
loop on one side, measuring 0.034 by 0.023
by 0.004 m.
M23. Brass cap, broken and with at least three
holes in the side of it, 0.043 m long and 0.017 m in diameter.
M24, 25 8c 2%. Forty-one brass pins, between 0.022 and 0.031 m long, each with its head formed by a minute spiral of wire (Sites C, F and G).
M27. A brass cased padlock, now with a filling of iron concretion (76 K 122;Site G, -1241 0.8) (Fig. 25).
M29. A flat X-shaped brass object, heavily
eroded and with at least three nail holes in it; original purpose unknown (76 K 195;Site G, -13.5/-0-1) (Fig. 25).
M30. A brass rod, 0.103 m long, almost cer- tainly the key for the padlock (M27). The bend at one end appears not to be original (76 K 203; Site G, -12.6/0.5) (Fig. 25).
In addition to the above, the collection con- tains about a dozen scraps of bronze, each pos- sessing few if any diagnostic features.
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Figure 25. Brass objects. Scale 1 : 2.
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