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Description: | a complete copper alloy Medieval strap end. it is made from sheet metal folded lengthways. It has a long, narrow rectangular shape, and measures 50.48mm in length, and 6.01mm in width. It weighs 2.99g. The attachment edeg is plain, with a single cenral rivet, still in situ, close to the edge. There is a hump in the centre of the strap end, which probably marks the position of the end of the strap to which it was attached. The lower terminal finishes with a constriction, then a rectangular panel covered with criss-cross line decoration, and a terminal pointed knop. The upper surface of the strap end is decorated with a rocker pattern from the rivet to the lower terminal. The underside is plain. Strap ends of similar type have been found in medieval London, where they date to the fourteenth century. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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