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Description: | A rectangular single sheet folded copper alloy strap end of Medieval date. It has a slightly looped end and the inner edge of the upper plate is crescent shaped. Around the exterior of both upper and lower plates is a double band of small punched circles or triangles. There are four circular rivet holes, two at the interior and two at the exterior ends, those at the exterior end still preserve small rivets that are circular in section with round heads and flattened terminals that are bent over to hold the rivet in place. The strap end measures 32.33mm in length, 14.49mm in width, and weighs 3.91g.Similar single sheet strap ends with stamped or punched bands of circular or triangular decoration are noted in Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 749, 754) dating to the 13th to 15th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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