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Description: | Complete decorated copper alloy plate belonging to a composite strap-end which was probably furnished with forked spacer. Medieval. Length 59mm, width 21mm and 0.8mm thick. Weight 7.05g.The plate is sub-rectangular in plan. However, the sides taper slightly inwards and the terminal part is semi circular. At the attachment end is a sub-square notched aperture flanked at the extreme end by two scalloped edges. Either side of the sub-square aperture is a circular rivet hole (the rivets are missing) each about 1.5mm in diameter. Both of the holes are slightly counter-sunk.The front of the plate is decorated with an abstract design which has been created by closely related rocker-arm (zigzag) engraved meandering lines. The areas created by this engraving are either plain or have been further decorated with larger and more coarser rocker-arm engraving than that employed to create the meandering lines. The reverse is fully occupied by parallel oblique grooves which may reflect the nature of the surface in which the metal was cast. Alternatively, these may be file marks.The plate is in good condition and has an even mid-green patina overall. However, on the the reverse, slight dis-colouration betrays the former presence of a forked spacer which may have been made of material other than copper alloy. There is a transverse bend in the metal about 20mm from the attachment end.
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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