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Description: | Copper alloy belt-end made from one continuous strip folded at the base in a circular-sectioned fold. The upper part is in the form of two parallel flaring plates joined by two parallel circular flat-headed rivets on the top edge. The top edge is curved on each side to a central indentation. There are three circular holes on each side at the top edge (arranged two above and one below). Traces of leather remain in the interior.
The surface decoration consists of a square lower panel on each side with incised cross-hatching around the holes above. One one side, the lower square panel contains a diagonal band running top right to bottom left. Possible further decoration in this panel is unclear due to wear. On the other side a monogram fills this panel. It is not certain how this should be read - with the wide end uppermost the first letter appears to be a composite of two letters possibly an intertwined U followed by M or N. The other way up, the first letter may be U or A. Religious monograms were often found on this type of artefact. | 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: | 1450
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Eleanor Ghey | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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