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Description: | A copper-alloy strap fitting, consisting of a plate which is basically rectangular in shape with a waisted middle, measuring 28mm in length and 15mm in width. One end of the plate is recessed for the frame of a buckle and the other has a V-shaped terminal projecting from one edge of this terminal is a circular suspension loop, measuring 5mm in internal diameter. This suspension loop may be to suspend a small dagger from. The plate also has two circular perforations, in its centre, one near to either end. The front face of the plate is decorated with an incised pattern and the back face is undecorated. This strap fitting is likley to be late Medieval in date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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