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Description: | A cast copper-alloy artefact of uncertain function and date: possibly a medieval strap-end. The object is formed of a solid sphere with two trapezoidal protrusions which flare out in a 'V' shape. Both protruding elements are perforated with holes countersunk externally to take an attaching rivet. The protrusions form a split end characteristic of a strap-end, although they diverge in a way more dramatic than a conventional strap-end (maximum gap: 5.7mm). The sphere is decorated with five knopped protrusions: one at the base opposite the attachment end, and four round the centre, equally spaced and aligned with either the centre of one of the elements of the split end or with the centre of the gap betwen them. The overall appearance for this rather heavy 'strap-end' is of a mace head. Not dissimilar decoration can be seen on an unidentified object excavated in Exeter (Allan 1984, 346, 348; ref. 228) from a 16th-century context. A drawing of a probable parallel was published in the 'Searcher' (Issue 183, November 2000, 25; ref. 183/2), showing that this is a known object type rather than a one-off. | 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: | 1200
1500 | 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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