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Description: | A cast copper-alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. It has a flat plate that is triangular in form and tapers to a curved hooked terminal at the base. At the centre of the top of the mount the plate has a moulded V-shaped notch, beneath which are two circular rivet holes that contain the remains of corroded iron rivets. A small copper-alloy loop is held in place by the hooked terminal and measures 12.80mm in diameter and 1.94mm in thickness. The entire object measures 29.67mm in length, 11.90mm in width, 2.13mm in thickness, and weighs 3.49g. This sword belt fittings is near identical to examples from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: nos. 257-258) and dates to the 16th or 17th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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