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Description: | A hinged rectangular strap fitting of sheet, folded transversely around, and riveted to, a shorter cast rectangular spacer. The hinge loops are cut. On one face the attachment edge is missing. There are two iron-filled rivet holes at the extant end. Decoration on the intact face is a single, and a pair, of transverse engraved lines (a single line on the other). On both faces the sides are chamfered from the loops to the end of the spacer. Perhaps military. Length 30mm. Width 12mm. Spacer 13.5mm x 12mm. Distance from attachment edge to spacer, i.e. length of strap held within fitting 11mm.
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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