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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy composite strap end of Medieval date (c. AD 1350 ? c. AD 1400). Length 24.3mm, maximum width 14.8mm and 3.0mm thick (between each rivet head). Weight 2.76g.
The strap end is formed of two sheet plates of metal that are sub-rectangular in plan. Both plates have the same thickness of about 0.3mm. The closed terminal end is missing and each plate has an old transverse break. At the open attachment end the width is 14.8mm and the width at the break is about 13.0mm. In plan, the open (attachment) end is rounded at the centre and is flanked on each side by a pointed knop. Within the rounded part, at the centre of each plate, is a circular countersunk fixing hole containing a copper alloy rivet which is flat-headed at both ends. Each rivet head is flush with the outer face of the plates. The diameters of the heads are both about 1.8mm and the diameter of the rivet shank is about 1.3mm. The spacer between the sheets has not survived although its former existence is suggested by corrosion products on the inside of each plate which reflect the outline of its forked shape.
The outer faces of each plate have a mid-green patina. However, they also have some patches of copper alloy corrosion products. Scratch marks on each outer face appear to be accidental damage rather than intentional decoration. The inner face of each plate is corroded.
A similar, but slightly smaller strap end has been recorded from archaeological excavations at Billingsgate, London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 142, ref. 660). This strap end from London has been dated c. 1350 ? c. 1400. | 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: | 1350
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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