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Description: | A fragment of a sheet copper alloy a strap end plate of Medieval date (c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1450). Length: 30.2mm; width: 14.4mm and 5.3mm thick. Weight: 2.63g.The fragment is part of the front face of a strap end. The sides taper in width slightly. At the complete attachment the width is 14.4mm and at the opposite end, where there is an old transverse break, the width is 13.1mm. It has a thickness of about 0.45mm. At the attachment end it is evenly concave in plan. At this end, in each corner, there are the remains of a copper alloy dome-headed rivet. Each rivet head has a diameter of 2.6mm. The front face is decorated with punch marks. At each side, throughout its length, there are lines formed by repetitive punching. Within these lines curving and short straight punched lines form an abstract design. The rear face is plain and undecorated.The plate has a dull mid-green patina overall and the rivet heads have lost their patina.A similarly decorated strap end illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 1991, 138, fig. 90, ref. 645 is dated c. 1400-1450. However, strap ends with concave attachment ends can be earlier.
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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