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Description: | A copper-alloy medieval composite strap-end. The strap-end is composed of two sheets which sandwich a spacer. It is held together by two rivets which pass through circular perforations located at the attachment and terminal ends. The terminal end is sub-semi-circular with a rounded knop. The attachment end features two triangular notches. Due to the low levels of wear to the artefact - some abrasions at both ends - and the presence of leather at the attachment end it is hard to discern the nature of the spacer between the outer sheets. However, similarities in form between this example and a smaller example illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 142-143; ref. 660) suggest the presence of a forked spacer. Further, the parallel suggests a late fourteenth-century date for the strap-end. | 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: | 1350
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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