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Object type: Fragment
Measurements: H. 17 cm (6.7 in); W. 60.5 cm (23.8 in) (patterned part 35.5 cm (14 in)); D. Built in
Stone type: Limestone, pale buff, cellular, medium to coarse grained, oolitic limestone. Upper Permian, local Cadeby Formation (Lower Magnesian Limestone). [G.L.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 700
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 251
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It is difficult to determine anything of the original form of this piece, which could be the narrow side of a cross-shaft or an architectural piece. There is an incised frame on all sides except the broken left edge, within which is an incised curving line developing into spirals.
Ryder (1982, 119) thought Collingwood wrong to describe this as 'debased', as it appears carefully controlled and is very different from, for example, the simplified 'D patterns' on Cawthorne 1–4 and Ecclesfield 1. The spirals are delicately cut and indeed rather elegant.
