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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy composite strap end with cast forked spacer, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1250 ? 1400 (length: 67mm; width: 21mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 13.3g). The main body of the strap end is sub-rectangular in plan and flat in side section with an acorn-type knob at the end of the forked spacer, which is also slightly incomplete at the opposing end where the ?forks? terminate to a tapered point. Both sides of the sheet front and back plates (which terminate before the acorn-type knob) are incomplete and badly corroded. There appears to be some decoration on the front plate, although earth and corrosion on the surface have made it difficult to identify the detail apart from an incised border along the length of the plate near the outside edge. Two cast copper alloy rivets (diameter: 2mm) remain at one end of the front plate, which also hold the substantial remains of textile in place (length of fabric: 12mm). A small amount of textile also survives on the undecorated back plate. Overall, the artefact is in a very worn and corroded condition with very little of the dark green patina remaining. Similar examples are illustrated in Egan, G & Pritchard, F, ?Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 ? c. 1450?, pages 143-4, fig 94, ref nos 672-5. | 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: | 1250
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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