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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy crescentic strap end of Medieval date. It is missing the separately cast sheet copper-alloy backing plate, attachment end of the frame and most of the terminal due to old breaks. The frame is flat, crescentic in form with an oval shaped aperture and missing its attachment end due to old breaks. At the base of the frame are two circular rivet holes, one of which retains a separately cast cylindrical coper-alloy rivet. The front face of the frame has very worn incised decoration comprising borders on both inner and outer edges, between which are the remains of uncertain geometric decorative elements, their precise form uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At the base of the frame is an integrally cast terminal that is mostly incomplete due to old breaks, the surviving fragment having openwork foliate decoration. This is perhaps intended to represent a stylised tree as is often found on strap ends of this type, with the incised decoration on the frame forming the roots. The back face of the object is flat an undecorated, the back of the frame being concave to accomodate the now missing backing plate. This strap end measures 34.33mm in length, 32.94mm in width, 2.78mm in thickness, and weighs 7.86g.Crescentic strap ends such as this were particularly common in the later Medieval period and is similar to examples recorded through the PAS (e.g. HAMP-EC0C80, HAMP-FD7C24 or SF-D267F4) and from London (Mitchiner, 1986: pp. 135, no. 385a). It is of 15th century date, c.1400-1500 AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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