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Description: | Medieval gilt copper alloy harness fitting: a D-sectioned bar folded widthways, narrowing at the fold into a loop (made oval by wear) and secured by a pair of convex-headed rivets. There is a pair of transverse grooves flanking a rivet before a lobe at both ends. On one face (that opposite the rivet heads) the springing of the loop is marked by a transverse rib. There is a 3.5mm gap between the arms. Internal diameter of loop 8mm. Overall length 62mm. Width 8mm. Thickness of bar 2mm. Thickness at the the loop where not worn 3mm. 13th - 14th century. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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