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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 798738
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/798738
NX65SE 282 c. 696 537
NX 696 537 Copper-alloy 'Jew's harp' or 'trumps' with a triangular bow and parallel arms; the iron tongue or lamella is missing. On the right underside arm below the bow is a punch mark bearing the initials 'A G', as yet unidentified, although a box made for containing a set of trumps in the NMS collections bears the same initials. The shape of the instrument is consistent with a 17th-century date.
Claimed as Treasure Trove (TT.21/00) and allocated to Stewartry Museum.
J Shiels 2001.
