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Description: | A copper-alloy two piece strap end with a cast front plate and a sheet back plate of medieval, late 14th century in date. It measures 35.9mm in length and 12.9mm in width. The hollow reverse of the cast front plate enabled the leather strap to fit into place. The cast front plate is roughly rectangular in shape with a tapering terminal end, which terminates in a human face wearing a crown. This face is rectangular in shape with a protruding triangular nose and triangular incised eyes, it measures 10.5mm in length and 7.8mm in width. The cast front plate is attached to the sheet back plate by two copper-alloy rivets, one either end of the strap end. There are traces of leather visible within the strap end.
This strap end is very similar to one from a private collection illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, (1991, 132-133, fig 86, no 614). | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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