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Description: | A copper-alloy hollow-ended strap end consisting of a flat hollow square and an incomplete protrusion extending from it. The square part is 20mm by 20mm in size and 5mm thick. The top edge is hollow and two parallel rivet holes and the remains of iron rivets can be seen near to this edge, which would have been where the strap end was attached to the belt. The front face has incised decoration which consists of two longditudinal leaf-shapes within an almost pentagonal outline. There are also two transverse grooves at the base. Protruding from the base of this square-shaped part is a flat initilally rectangular and then irregularly shaped projection, which would have originally formed an open work plate. It is undecorated and incomplete due to an old break. Similar strap ends have been identified in the museum of London, they are believed to be belt fittings and are 15th century in date (Museum of London 1975, 270, Fig 85, No 1 and 2). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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