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Description: | A damaged cast copper-alloy external sheet plate from a three-piece composite medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end (14th or 15th century AD). The object is sub-rectangular in form with an angled end terminating in a small semicircular knop. The attachment end is slightly incurved with an off-centre circular perforation (Dia.: 4.1mm). This is flanked on both sides by a rivet hole towards the edge of the sheet. One perforation appears to be through the edge and has inevitably lost its rivet. The other hole retains its rivet which has been bent inwards on the lower surface. The upper surface of the sheet plate is slightly corroded and apparently plain. It has a mid/dark-green patina. The lower surface features concretions of a lighter colour; those along the sides and the terminal end suggest where the spacer adhered to the outer sheet and therefore the former's shape. The object has been bent diagonally such that the attachment end has moved downwards through over ninety degrees. There is a further bent upwards in the corner containing the abraded rivet hole. The strap-end would have been c. 40mm long when complete and undamaged.
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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