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Description: | An unusual complete copper-alloy strap fitting. It has been cast in one and is circular in shape.
It consists of a circle, measuring 15mm in external diameter and 8mm in internal diameter, with four integral evenly spaced animal heads, each one projecting 7mm out from the edge of the circle. Each animal head has a raised triangular base on the front face of the circle. These have four transverse curvilinear grooves across them. The necks of the animals, which flare out from the triangular bases, are triangular in cross section. The heads themselves are also triangular in shape and three dimensional. They have small rounded ears, circular eyes on either side, pointed snouts and their mouths are open. The animal head terminals and their triangular bases are also gilded.
This object is most likely to have been attached to four straps or chains, each one fitting in the depression inbetween each of the raised triangular bases for the animal head projections, and to have acted as a distributor or spacer. Due to its style it is most likely to be medieval and c1200-1400 in date. However, no parallel could be found. | 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: | 1200
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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