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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy military strap end of late 4th to early 5th century AD date. The object consists of two hinged plates joined together by an iron axis bar. The ?upper plate is sub-rectangular, with rounded top corners, scalloped vertical sides and pointed bottom corners. It is of openwork design and has two back-to-back "B-shaped" cut outs. Two iron rivets (one broken), located one above the other, project backwards and there is a projecting cylinder at the bottom edge of the plate, through which the axis bar passes. This projecting cylinder fits into a slot at the centre of the top edge of the second plate. The edges of this bottom plate converge towards a much narrower rectangular section, which is broken off at the bottom. A single iron rivet (broken on the reverse) is located at the centre of the bottom plate. Overall, the object measures 26.2mm long by 13.4mm wide and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 2.29g. | 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: | 375
425 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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