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Title: STRAP FITTING [Go to resource]
Description: Copper alloy sword belt fitting. A hooked fitting from a four part sword belt mount. It has a lobed foliate plate with a hook at one end. The plate has a trefoil at one end then flares out into a leaf-shaped element with a similar trefoil shape at the other end. The central lobe, instead of being pointed and short thickens to become the shaft of the hook. The hook is irregular in thickness, oval cross sectioned and tapers before terminating in a wider, globular knop. The front of the plate is decorated with a foliate pattern. The back is undecorated. There is a rivet hole with traces of iron corrosion at each end of the plate placed centrally. Dimensions: 52.64mm x 21.93mm x 11.30mm. Weight: 11.34g 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 1599 Source: Portable Antiquities Identifier: http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... Language: en-GB Format: text/html Go to resource More Like this...
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