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Description: | A copper alloy loop or swivel, possibly from a strap fitting or similar object. It is formed from a single piece of copper alloy wire that is undecorated and circular in section. At one end the wire terminates in a small globular knop forming the base of the loop and probably preventing it becoming detatched from whatever it may originally have been attached to. The wire extends upwards from the knop in a short shaft before looping back around to form a single, complete circular loop. The end of the wire is then wrapped six times around the shaft, terminating just above the knop. The object measures 39.46mm in length, 17.03mm in width, 6.14mm in thickness (at shaft), and weighs 5.39g. This simple wire loop could have potentially performed a variety of functions and no close parallel has been identified. The knop at the base and the form of the loop in general suggests it may have acted as a swivel or a strap fitting that swivelled. Indeed, it is not dissimilar to the suspension loops on purse bars. A similar swivelling loop identified as a wire fastener is noted in Norwich by Margeson and dated to the Post-Medieval period (Margeson, 1993: no. 97). It is plausible that the current example performed a similar function and is of similar date. However, until such time as a close parallel can be identified it is equally plausible that it could date from any point from teh Roman period onwards.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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