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Description: | Fragment from a copper alloy strap fitting of Medieval date. It comprises a flat plate, perhaps once shield shaped, most of which is now missing due to old breaks. At the attachment end there is a rectangular bar mount that is semi-circular in section and extends slightly beyond the edge of the plate. The inner edge of the mount has a rectangular slot or hole. On the back face of the plate is an integral rivet positioned beneath the bar mount that is circular in section and preserves part of a copper alloy rove. The fitting measures 18.86mm in width, 11.28mm in length, and weighs 1.95g. This is probably a fragment from a Medieval shield shaped strap mount or fitting, and parallels from Medieval London and Norwich suggest a 14th-15th centuries AD date (see Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 732-738; Margeson, 1993: no. 271). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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