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Description: | A Medieval, cast, copper-alloy strap loop. It consists of a single, trapezoidal loop with a pair of opposed internal triangular projections on the frame. Three sides of the frame are rectangular in cross-section with wide flat faces. The longest side of the frame (the upper side) is triangular in cross-section.Egan and Pritchard (1991: 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including nos. 1255 and 1258. They note that these strap loops are thought to be the earliest form, and were attached by passing one end of a strap through the narrower end of the aperture below the projection, leaving the wider top part for the other end of the strap.
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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