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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1700). Length 31.0mm, maximum width 20.0mm and maximum thickness 4.2mm. Weight 3.72g. The cast-in-one object consists of three distinct integral elements, an incomplete plate with a curving profile, a rectangular part with an open centre and a circular integral suspension loop on one of the longer sides of the rectangular part.The incomplete plate, which is flat and symmetrical in plan, is 9.0mm in length and has a maximum width of 14.8mm. At the centre of this part, along the longitudinal centre-line, is a circular rivet hole which has a diameter of 2.8mm. The hole is filled with iron corrosion, the remains of a rivet. The rectangular part is 11.8mm in length and 12.8mm in width and the inner rectangular opening is 11.2mm in length and 6.1mm in width. The two longer sides are flat and the short side adjoining the plate is also flat but raised slightly above the height of the longer sides. The other short side is raised further in height and when viewed from the end, is curved in profile. The integral loop appended from one of the longer sides of the rectangular part is roughly circular in plan and projects outwards about 7.8mm. The perforation of the loop is circular with a diameter of 4.0mm. The reverse is plain and flat, excepting the shorter side of the rectangular part at the terminal end, which is concave. The piece is in fair condition. It has a silvery appearance overall and may contain a high percentage of tin.Similar sword belt fittings have been recorded from Wellington Parish, Somerset, Oakley Parish, Buckinghamshire and the Isle of Wight. See Portable Antiquities Scheme finds: SOMDOR-2A58F2, WAW-10A0B2, IOW-BA2075 and IOW-709654.
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