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Description: | Medieval copper alloy two piece strap end. 37mm long, 10mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 3.58grams. The object consists of a trapezoidal shaped plate, formed of two pieces of metal held together at the wider end with a single circular sectioned rivet. The narrow end has rounded shoulders and a rectangular shaped terminal which when viewed from the side has a sub oval form. This is decorated with a series of diagonal incised lines. It is Similar to Fig 86, 614 in Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories and may represent a stylised human head?
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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