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Description: | Although probably a strap-end, this object belongs to an enigmatic group called by Egan and Pritchard (1991, nos. 743-56) "folded sheeting with wide gap at fold". It is made from a piece of copper-alloy sheet which tapers from 14.5 to 4 mm wide. This is folded nearly in half (at the fold it is 9 mm wide) to make it 25 mm long, and secured by a single copper-alloy rivet. The wider end, forming the upper plate, is decorated with three longitudinal lines of double-triangle rouletting, the central one of which is shorter to respect the rivet. The fold is circular in section as if to accommodate a very narrow bar; beyond the fold, the two plates almost touch before widening out again to c. 2 mm apart at the rivet.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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