In an article in the Spring issue of the TWIST journal, I discussed a small, metal tablet that had four holes. Although it could have been used for TW, I suggested that it was more probably an amulet. I would like to add one further, and more probable, use for these small, metal tablets: mounts on belts, horse trappings, etc. In early-period archaeological digs (specifically Merovingian and Anglo-Saxon, if my memory serves me well), small, metal tablets with holes in the four corners are found with rivets in them, indicating that they were attached to something else at one stage. Nancy
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