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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape and section, and has an upper and lower plate that are held together by a single rivet visible at the terminal end. The plates taper towards the open end, which is now missing due to old breaks. Just below the breaks is a circular rivet hole that pierces both plates, the rivet itself now missing. The strap end terminates in an sharp shoulder above an elaborate cast knop. This is in the shape of cross with trifoliate terminals, the rivet holding the two plates together visible at the centre of the cross, presumably on the back plate. This strap end measures 33.08mm in length, 10.78mm in width, and weighs 3.36g. A similar strap end is noted on the PAS database from North Yorkshire (SWYOR-E23531), and another more elaborate and larger example is apparent from Medieval Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 232). These suggest a date in the 14th-15th centuries AD for the current example.
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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