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Description: | A copper-alloy thick sheet fragment probably from a medieval strap-end (c. 14th century AD). The fragment is sub-square and flat. It is abraded on all sides, but comparison with published strap-ends suggests that it survives almost complete in width, but with significant longitudinal losses above and below. The upper surface of the sheet plate is decorated with incised lines. A central pair of longitudinal lines has incised diagonals running between them at roughly equal intervals. Either side are diverging diagonals forming trapezoidal zones; above and below would have been triangles, when complete. The trapezoidal zones are decorated with fine rocker arm decoration. For strap-ends with similar decoration see Griffiths et al. (2007, 135; ref. 1571), and HAMP-0B5561 on this database. This fragment has a dull mid-green patina with patches of lighter corrosion product. Two longitudinal strips of discolouration on the lower surface at the edges hint that this fragment may have been one of the outer sheets from a composite strap-end, and therefore most likely 14th century in date.
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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