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Description: | Medieval copper-alloy rectangular two-piece sheet-metal strap-end with side strips, 38x18mm. Both shorter ends are ornate. The closed end has a triangle cut away with a projection inside it ending in a triangular point. Either side of this area the ends are rounded and each had an intact rivet in place. The side strips run for about 35mm up either side from the closed end. At the point they stop there are two lines of stamped zig-zag decoration running across the width. Further towards the open end are two intact rivets (barely visible on both surfaces) within the triangular space formed by two further lines of stamped zig-zag decoration running diagonally to a point from the extremities of the open end. Also within this space are cut three isoceles triangles, the outer two at a slight outward angle, on the top surface only. It would have created an eye-catching piece with the strap fitted inside. The reverse is plain and smooth and at the closed end mirrors the decoration on the uppermost surface, except that the central projection is broken at its base to reveal the reverse of the uppermost central projection.
Mid thirteenth century onwards. Cf decoration with Egan, Dress Accessories, fig.90, MoL acc.no.4549. | Subjects: | strap-end | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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