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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy strap union dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500). The piece is asymmetrical with a moulding along the central shaft nearer one eyelet than the other. It is D-shaped in cross-section. There are three lobes around the complete eyelet suggesting a cross design. The other eyelet is incomplete. The reverse of the object is flat with a slight depression at the reverse of the moulding. The object has a dark brown patina. A similar example on the database is NMGW-A7BF76. Similar examples can be found on p.62, Read, (2001).
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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