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Description: | Medieval copper alloy strap end formed of two identically shaped pieces of copper alloy sheet. The strap end has a straight attachment end, straight sides that taper gradually to the terminal which has a projecting flat knop at the end, the lower edge of which is shaped into three points. The terminal is angular and appears to have been made by cutting triangles out of a piece that previously continued the taper of the sides to a straight end. The two pieces of sheet are fixed (possibly soldered) together at the terminal then split apart at the attachment end leaving a slot to hold the end of the strap. The ends of the sheets are held together and attached to the strap by a single rivet in the centre of the attachment end. The rivet is a separate copper alloy circular sectioned piece which has been hammered very flat to the front of the sheets. One side (the front) is decorated with a two lines of rocker arm decoration in a diagonal cross starting at the attachment end corners and running down about half the length. It is 46.8mm long, 13.6mm wide and 3.7mm thick; it weighs 7.33 grams.A similar example is listed by Egan (2008:134, no.1538).
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