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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 9 > 4 cm (3.5 > 1.6 in); W. 10.8 > 9 cm (4.3 > 3.5 in); D. 3 > 1.5 cm (1.2 > 0.6 in)
Stone type: Pale yellowish-grey, medium-grained, shelly, oolitic limestone, including crinoid ossicles and brachiopod, bivalve, and fish fragments; Combe Down Oolite, Great Oolite Formation of the Bath area, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 653
Corpus volume reference: Vol 4 p. 322
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This is a typical mason's chipping, representing debris left after the carved surface had been knocked off in preparing the stone for reuse. The decoration covers the whole surface ending to the left in a blank, concave edge. At the bottom the decoration dies away into an uncarved band. The pattern is composed of bands, c. 1 cm wide, in which S-twists alternate with plain ribbons.
