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Description: | A medieval 14th century copper alloy, three piece composite stap end, weighing 10.41gm. In shape, it has a rectangular open end and a circular closed end. It measures 14mm at the open end, 19mm across the circular area, the length is 36mm. The space at the open end between the plates is 2mm to allow for the forked spacer. The open end is slightly concave with two rivits which are present.The sides are parallel running down to the circular area. There is no decoration. The forked spacer is missing one fork, it has a knop at the end which is of the acorn type.The knop protudes from the two plates when inserted. It is flattened anteriorly / posteriorly and is attached to a rectangular mount.
The strap end is similar to 650 in Egan and Pritchard.
This strap end occurs during the 14th century - 1350-1400. | Subjects: | strap-end | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Melsom, Margaret - Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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