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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap fitting with an upper and lower plate. The upper plate is broadly T-shaped. In the centre of the upper edge of the top bar of the ??T?? is a rivet hole, and it is possible that a further element of the object extended above this. The long section of the ??T?? tapers gradually (Width 9.1-6.3mm), then bends backwards forming a U-shape to join with the lower plate. At the top of the lower plate is a point. The plate expands quickly to a width of 10.9mm, then begins to taper gradually to meet the U-shape which joins the two plates (Width 8.1-6.3mm). In the centre of the upper section where the lower plate begins to taper is a rivet hole. The cast copper alloy rivet is intact. The rivet rests in the remains of the rivet hole in the upper plate with the head of the rivet protruding and is bent over after passing through the rivet hole in the lower plate. There are traces of gilding on the surface of the upper plate. Patchy dull dark and mid-green patina. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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MOUNT
An incomplete copper-alloy mount, probably…
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