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Description: | A corroded cast copper-alloy medieval strap-end made of a single strip folded in half widthways. In shape it is a simple rectangular with rounded corners, some of the rounding may be from wear. There is a single rivet which appears to be cast integrally with the front and then roughly hammered flat after going through the strap and a hole in the back-plate. The flattened end of the rivet is sub square. The strip is notably thick (Th.: c. 1.9mm); this has helped result in a fracture to one side of the fold that extends up one face. The strap-end seems to have been squeezed together just beyond the fold. The object is a dark-red/brown colour with a large covering of off-white and light-green corrosion product. The corrosion product obscures any decoration but colour is consistent with gilding and similar examples were gilded. On this example some of the corners at the attachment end have been bent as a result of old damage.While strap-ends made of a piece folded widthways are known from the medieval period the use of an integral, crude rivet is unusual. It is similar to SUSS-8C2F60 for which a date between 1100 and 1250 AD was suggested; this record, in turn, refers back to other examples recorded on this database.
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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