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Description: | A copper alloy belt fitting with two mounts attached to a suspension loop on one side. The fitting is in the form of a copper alloy plate with two parallel horizontal edges and ornate outside edges. On one side the outside edge has a central triangular point with a shorter triangular lobe at each side. On the other side the central point is flattened at the top. The central panel contains floral or foliate decoration, now worn. There is one central perforation in the panel and one at either side in the triangular side panels.
The U-shaped suspension loop is on the lower edge of the central panel. Attached to it are two openwork leaf-shaped bar mounts (35.58mm long, 13.68mm wide and 1.38mm thick). These have a rectangular strip folded over to the reverse and riveted through two holes. One rivet remains (possibly iron). The openwork decoration is in the form of a rose. One of these mounts has broken.
This may be a sword-belt fitting. | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jennifer Moss | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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