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Description: | Complete copper-alloy strap-end of medieval date, probably late 14th century. It has a tapering hollow rectangular-sectioned shaft, with two copper-alloy rivets at the attachment end. The method of attachment is unusual, since the sides enclose the strap rather than leaving it open as normally seen on strap ends where the plates sandwich the strap. The underside of the strap end has a separate rectangular sheet copper-alloy plate which fits over the strap and neatly joins onto the sides. This plate has two copper-alloy rivets which are also visible on the upper surface of the strap-end. The terminal of the strap end is in the form of a three-dimensional animal head with raised triangular ears, with two facets between marking the forehead. In front of this there are two incised lines, slightly V-shaped, with two further lozenge-shaped panels in front marking the eyes. The snout is half rounded and flared, with a small shank projecting from it and terminating with a triangular point.
See LVPL-A4FDB2 for parallels both from excavated contexts and from elsewhere on the PAS database. | 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: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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