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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy strap distributor or harness fitting, dating to the Early Medieval period or the 10th/ 11th century AD (length: 56mm; width: 22mm; thickness at central boss: 11mm; weight: 20.90g). This artefact has a D-shaped cross-section with lozenge-shaped terminals at the centre of which are sub-oval apertures/ holes. At the outer edge of the terminals, there are rounded protruding knobs on each angle. In the centre, there is a raised convex roundel with a circular indentation as well as rounded knobs to either side. The underside of the artefact is flat with no decoration. The strap distributor is in a worn and corroded condition, with extensive areas of bronze disease on the upper surface of the artefact and the ends of the rounded knops. A similar but incomplete example is illustrated in Brian Read?s ?Metal Artefacts of Antiquity?, Volume I, 2001, page 62, ref no 474, found in South-East Lincolnshire. | 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: | 1000
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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