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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy sliding sword belt hook of probable late 15th or 16th century date. The surviving part of the sword belt hook measures 73mm by 31.1mm by 8.8mm and weighs 27.74g. It comprises a rectangular loop, through which a strap would pass, and an adjacent curving section. If complete, the curving section would have continued round to form a semi-circle before straightening out and terminating, forming a long U-shape. Similar examples on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database include DENO-195653, from Corfe Castle, Dorset, SWYOR-7A0712, from Hampole, South Yorkshire and NLM4187, from Revesby, Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire example is complete and undistorted and has a zoomorphic terminal.
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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