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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval hooked strap fitting for a sword belt (c. AD 1500-c. 1650). The mount consists of a domed oval plate, 22.61mm in length with a maximum width of 23.77mm. The plate is concave on the reverse. It has a flat sub-circular terminal at one end and the stub of a hook at the opposite end. The terminal is pierced and the hole contains the remains of an iron rivet. At each end of the domed plate, between the terminal and stub of the hook, there are two horizontal ridges. On the rear face, between the plate and the ridges adjacent to the stub of the hook, there are the remains of an integral copper-alloy rivet/spike.This fitting is drab brown with traces of a dark green patina. The break is abraded.47.89 x 23.77 x 8.32mm. Weight: 11.46g.
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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