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Description: | A copper-alloy unidentified object. Consisting of a rectangular shaped part, 23.8mm in length and 12.6mm in width, with an incomplete roughly rectangular shaped copper-alloy fragment projecting from the centre of one of its long edges. This measures 12.6mm by 11.1mm in size and is twisted out of shape. The complete rectangular shaped part has a rivet through the centre of one end, this end has slightly more rounded corners. There is another central circular hole near to the opposite end but no rivet survives within it. The front face also has two boarder grooves and is gilded. The incomplete protrusion is not gilded and is made of a thinner copper-alloy sheet, its function is unclear. Perhaps it originally had some attachment function and this object was a decorative strap fitting of some kind, however no exact parallel could be found. This object is however, medieval in date, probably c14th century.
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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