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Description: | A copper alloy strap-distributor, with one surviving copper alloy-strap attachment loop. The distributor is circular with three sub-circular perforations. All edges are rounded. The obverse is slightly convex and the reverse is likewise concave. The obverse is decorated with raised lines between the perforations. The surviving attachment is crudely made from a cast strip of copper alloy that was bent around through one of the holes; at the ends, the strip is joined by a small copper alloy rivet; the reverse of the attachment seems to have a raised line and punched decoration suggesting it was riveted on backwards by mistake; this might explain the lack of the other two attachments- perhaps this item was discarded before it was completed, because of the error. The distributor is 23mm in diameter. The strap attachment is 34.7mm long, by 8.1mm wide and 7.45mm thick at the rivet. The surface has a patchy pale greenish-buff and brown colour. The detail of the decoration is obscured by corrosion and also by the partial application of a lacquer after discovery. The artefact is likely to date to the medieval period. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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