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Description: | Incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy probable strap fastener or distributor, missing part of one arm. It weighs 2.95g.
The object is 34.31mm in length and an incomplete 27.93mm wide (would have originally been c.33mm). The metal is max.2.45mm thick.
The fitting consists of two arms extending below a loop 8.73mm in diameter (internal 5.32mm), curving at the ends (one of which is damaged) and joined together at the opposite end. A vertical arm extends between, where each arm curves outwards. The base of this arm has an in situ iron rivet. Above, just before the arms curve outwards, is a countersunk rivet hole 2.99mm in diameter. Just below the loop is a 1.47mm diameter piercing.
The complete arm ends in a piercing 2.02mm in diameter. The arm has broken across this piercing.
16th/ 17th century in date. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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