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Description: | Medieval composite copper alloy strap end with sheet spacer. The strap end is formed of two sheets of copper alloy, rectangular with a straight end at the attachment end and a convex curve at the terminal end with a central projecting knop. There are seperate copper alloy rivets in the centre near the terminal and the attachment end. Between the front and back plates is a sheet copper alloy spacer occupying the full width and about a half of the lengh held in place by the rivet at the terminal. The attachment end corners of one sheet are damaged with old breaks. There are traces of a multi strand woven textile in the strap end, it appears to be linen. It measures 22.3mm in length, 11.7mm wide and is 2.3mm thick. It weighs 2.01 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate a range composite strap ends with sheet spaces on page 147, no.696 and 698 are particularly similar to this example. Egan and Pritchard (ibid:148) suggest this is a short lived form dating to the 14th century.
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