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Description: | A copper alloy strap end of probable Medieval date. It is flat, triangular in plan and tapers to a long pointed terminal end. A seam is visible down the length of one side of the strap end, suggesting that it was formed by folding in half a relatively thick sheet of copper alloy. The attachment end is split with a rounded inner edge and a single cylindrical copper alloy rivet that has flattened rounded heads and perforates both upper and lower plates. Approximately half way down its length the strap end has been bent at an angle of almost ninety degrees, probably as a result of post-depositional damage. The entire object measures 69.81mm in length, 6.12mm in width, 2.17mm in thickness, and weighs 5.78g. A number of Medieval strap ends formed by folding the plate lengthways and with single rivets at the attachment end are published from Medieval London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: pp. 130-131). None demonstrate such an elongated and pointed terminal end as the current example, but it is likey that it is of similar 14th century AD date.
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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