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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date (AD 1500 ? AD 1700). Length 44.2mm, maximum width 22.0mm and maximum thickness measured across the dome 7.5mm. Weight 9.21g.
The fitting consists of a highly domed oval plate, 19.0mm in length with a maximum width of 22.0mm. It has a terminal at one end and an incomplete hook at the opposite end. The terminal is rounded in plan, pierced with a hole for a rivet which is filled with iron corrosion and has a pointed knop at the extreme end. There is a transverse moulded rib between the whole of this terminal and the oval dome. The dome has five longitudinal facets and a hollow reverse. At the opposite end, adjacent to the domed feature there are two parallel transverse moulded ribs which are similar to the rib at the other end of the dome. At the rear of these two mouldings is an integrally cast integral stud which is about 1.5mm in length and burred over at the end. Beyond the two transverse mouldings are the remains of an integral hook. The larger part of the hook is missing and the break is old.
The piece is largely corroded overall. | 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: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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