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Description: | Strap fitting, this is a sheet of copper alloy that has been folded in two 22mm long, 8mm wide and >1mm thick. The folded end is narrowed so that it is 7mm wide, there is a single rivet hole at the attachment end still retaining the copper alloy rivet. The folded end has a circular fold, which is wider than the main body of the object. Examples have been found during excavation in London which date to 1200-1500AD and have been described as strap ends. However, similar examples have also been found in Late Iron Age contexts in Scandinavia from Gotland, these were found to hold a ring that formed a two and three way junction in a strap/belt and a third possibility could be a folded plate for a strap clasp 1250-1450. Therefore a date of 900-1500 is surmised. The artefact has a light green colour and has suffered from surface corrosion, there are traces of gold around the rivet, suggesting that the artefact was originally gilt.
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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