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Description: | A copper alloy strap end dating to the medieval period. The strap end 'tounge-shaped' in plan and is composite with a forked spacer; there are two sheets of copper alloy either side of the spacer secured together by two small rivets at the 'pronged' end. A large circular hole through both sheets is likely to be decorative; the strap would have been inserted and secure at this end too. The opposing end terminates in a small pointed projection in the centre of the rounded end. The forked spacer and the sheets are now slightly offset from each other. Similar examples are recorded in Egan & Pritchard (1993:142) figure 93. They are dated to c. AD 1400-1450.
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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