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Description: | A corroded, slightly bent and damaged cast copper-alloy external sheet plate from a three-piece composite medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end. The object is sub-trapezoidal in shape. It tapers very gradually from a width of 18.1mm at the attachment end to 16.8mm towards the terminal, beyond which the sides converge sharply. However, the terminal is squared off. At the opposite (attachment) end there is a slightly off-centre circular perforation (Dia.: 6.6mm) at the base of a triangular recess. Below this is a triangular removal extending a short way into the plate. The tab to one side of the perforation has been broken off. Through the extant tab is a rivet hole; the rivet is missing. The upper surface of the sheet plate is corroded, but apparently plain. The lower surface, however, not intended to be visible is covered in diagonal file marks. This was seemingly functional, to aid adhesion to the spacer plate. Corrosion product at the sides and at the terminal may be a ghost of the missing spacer plate. Inside these marks tinning appears to be retained on the internal surface. The arrangement of the circular perforation together with the incision, is typical of composite strap-ends with forked spacers as illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 142; fig. 93). Both ends have been bent upwards slightly in profile. The artefact has a variable mid-green colour with the corrosion product mentioned lighter in colour.
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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