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Object type: Part of frieze
Measurements: H. 13.5 > 12.5 cm (5.3 > 4.9 in); W. 44 > 42 cm (17.3 > 16.5 in); D. 38.5 > 37 cm (15.2 > 14.6 in)
Stone type: Pale yellow (10YR 8/3), medium-grained, shelly, oolitic limestone; Combe Down Oolite, Great Oolite Formation of the Bath area, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 580-581
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 297-298
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A: This is the longest run of the border or string seen on Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 47–8 and, with variations, on nos. 44 and perhaps nos. 37 and 45–6. Two horizontal elements have survived on the present carving. The central element consists of the lower parts of the circles formed by the interweaving loops of two ribbons of rectangular section. Below there is a dentil pattern c. 7.5 cm wide with dentils 3 cm high formed by cutting rectangular slots, 1 cm wide, with angled bottoms.
F: There is a groove on the underside, as on Winchester (Old Minster) nos. 44 and 47, but it has been damaged on this piece.
