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Description: | A copper-alloy strap loop of Medieval date.The frame is roughly rectangular in plan, with a slight increase in width, towards the vertical outer side. This side is wider than the other three and also has a vertical ridge extending down its centre, flanked by zig-zag grooves. The other sides are of rectangular section, the shorter vertical one also pierced by a central rivet hole containing part of the copper-alloy rivet.Dimensions: 13.9mm long, 14.7mm wide, up to 4mm thick (width of longer vertical side). Weight: 1.52g.Strap loops of this form were found in excavations in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 230-232, cf. nos. 1247-1250), in layers dating from the late 13th to late 14th/early 15th centuries. It is thought that their function was to secure loose straps.
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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