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Description: | A copper alloy Medieval strap end with a rectangular upper part and a lower part of ornate trefoil design. The lower part and backing plate of the upper part have been cast in one piece; the upper part has bent sides and a separate front plate. The rectangular attachment end has two circular holes in the upper edge on the front and back. The front plate is decorated with an incised lombardic M with two horizontal lines below. The area surrounding the M has zig-zag ornament. Below this the strap end is waisted before widening for the lower part. This consists of three circular, slightly concave bosses, arranged two above and one below. These are decorated on the upper surface with an incised quatrefoil with pointed oval petals within a border of repeated lines around the circumference. The upper and lower rows of circles are linked at the sides with a decorative strip decorated with four hollow circles. Below the lower circle the strap-end terminates in two (possibly three, the edge is broken) lobes with a carved chevron pattern suggestive of foliage. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
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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