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Description: | A cast copper-alloy medieval strap fitting with elaborate decoration to the outer edge. Although this is reminiscent of strap slides, these usually only have one loop. In form the object is rectangular with rounded corners. It is divided into two unequal loops by a bar approximately one third of the way along the longer sides. At one end of the outer edge of the larger of the loops is a wide, elaborately moulded and grooved motif broadly in the form of a fleur-de-lys with central 'rope', possibly a stylised animal head. Similar examples have been published in Griffiths et al. (2007, 95-96; ref. 640, in particular), where a 14th-century date is suggested. The object has an even, mid-green patina.
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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