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Description: | 1: A complete copper-alloy sword belt fitting which has been cast in one. Consisting of a triangular shaped plate which tapers into a hook, it measures 36mm in length and 12mm in width. The wider end has a concave edge. There are two parallel rivets in the centre of the plate, they are both in situ and iron. The hook curves back upon itself and is worn. 2: A copper-alloy sword belt fitting, which has been cast in one. It consists of a triangular shaped plate with a concave edge at its wider end and a hook. It is 32mm in length and 12mm in width. There are two central rivet holes, the rivets are now missing. The hook is complete and curves back upon itself. These sword belt fittings have hooks to be fitted into scabbard straps and are 16th or 17th century in date(Geake 2001, 36). | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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