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Description: | Complete copper alloy two-piece strap-end with a hinged plate and loop of the late fourteenth or early fifteenth centuries. Overall length 44.5mm, length of plate 30mm, maximum length of loop 25mm. Weight 7.90g.
Viewed from the front (or back) the hinged plate has a bevelled and concave attachment edge. Along the bevelled edge is a series of oblique and parallel ??cut?? marks.
Each plate narrows towards the hinged end, the sides of the plates being slightly convex in profile. The maximum width of the plates, near the attachment end, is 13mm, whereas the minimum width of the plates, below the copper alloy hinge bar is 5mm. Each edge of the plates has oblique and parallel ??cut?? marks similar to those at the concave attachment end. The strap was secured by two copper alloy rivets each of which is about 1.5mm in diameter. The rivets are situated where the plates are at their maximum width and the right hand rivet (as viewed from the front) is very close to the outside edge of the plate. At the front the two rivet-heads are almost flush with the plate. The other end of each rivet has been turned over and stand slightly proud of the plate.
The loop (maximum width 10mm) is bulbous at the front and flat at the back and viewed from the front is sub-circular in profile with a raised and perforated lug at each side to take the hinge bar. Almost centrally placed within the sub-circular area is a circular perforation (loop hole) which is about 2mm in diameter. An integral terminal below the loop is 7.5mm in length and 3mm in width in the form of a stylised animal head. The terminal is transversally perforated with a circular hole which is about 1.7mm in diameter.
The strap-end has an even, dark green patina and appears to be in good condition. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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