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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy strap slide. The strap slide is slightly trapizoid with the outer side being slightly longer. The outer side is D shaped in section with a flat inner edge. There are small knops in the corners and a large central knop divided into raised squares by transverse and longditudinal lines. The other sides are rectangular in section with a central hole to hold a seperate rivet in the inner side; the rivet is missing. The hole is slightly to one side of the bar and breaks through to the edge. Measures 19.19mm x 18.82mm and 6.27mm thick; weight 2.49gms. Egan and Pritchard (1993, p232, no.1247-1249) illustrate similar slides, although none with similar decorative knops, which they date from c.1250-1400 AD.
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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