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Description: | Medieval strap end formed of two pieces of copper alloy sheet riveted together. The strap-end is trapizoid with a wider attachment end and sides that slope inwards to the narrower terminal end from which projects a lobed knop. The sheets are different sizes, one being 1.1mm thick and the other just 0.4mm, the thinner sheet is more corroded with damaged edges. The sheets are held together by a pair of surviving rivets, one towards the terminal and one towards the attachment end; both are complete and smoothed completely level with the sheets at each end. There is a whitish fabric in the attachment split, probably a woven strip. The object has a mid green patina and there is no evidence of decoration. Measures 22.9mm long, 14.1mm wide and 2.9mm thick; it weighs 2.58 grams. Very similar items are known of a Medieval date (e.g. Egan 2008 p.133, no. 1531) but such a simple form is hard to date precisely so a date of 1150-1450 AD is given. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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