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Description: | A copper-alloy fitting of some kind for which no parallel could be found. This fitting is oval in shape and measures 52mm in length and 22mm in width. One end of the oval shape terminates in a hook or loop, formed by bending a strip of copper-alloy backwards until it meets the back of the oval-shape. The oval shape itself is decorated on its front face with an incised pattern within an oval boarder, the pattern consists of curving leaves which are cresentic in shape with incised circles at their tips, in groups of three. The base of the oval narrows, then flares into a circular knop, with a rivet through its centre and terminates in a smaller circular knop on the end.The back face is flat and undecorated there is another rivet visible near the top edge of the oval-shaped part and the remains of corroded iron are visible around it. Due to nature of the decoration on this fitting it is likely to be medieval or post-medieval in date although its exact function remains unclear. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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