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Description: | A copper-alloy strap mount, consisting of two rectangular sheets of copper-alloy, measuring 27mm in length and 15mm in width. The mount has an in situ copper-alloy rivet through each corner and its centre. There appears to be slight traces of a border of two longitudinal rows of opposing zigzag indentations on the front face. Rectangular mounts of this form are not uncommon and are most likely to be medieval, circa 14th century, in date. However, this particular example is unusual as sandwiched between the two sheets of the mount instead of there being a leather or canvas strap, as would be expected, there is a chain strap or fragment of chain mail. Created from tiny loops of copper-alloy wire this chain strap fills the space between the two sheets of the mount and can be seen within it along every edge. No published parallel could be found with such a chain strap within it.
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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