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Description: | Early Post medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 32mm long, 20mm wide and 4mm thick. the object is in fair condition and weighs 7.72 grams. The belt fitting is S shaped in form and rectangular in section. It is decorated on both sides in the same manner.It has linear incisions running down the edges of its shaft on both sides. The centre of the shaft has a sub-rectangular projection with linear decoration at the edges and two shield shaped motifs in the centre. Each end terminates in a sub rectangular animal head, with raised snout, open mouth and suggestion of a beared chin. The back of the head stops in a projection which may be just decorative or suggestive of a mane? The whole surface of this head is decorated with cross hatching suggesting scales?The object is an early example of a snake belt fitting, with the decoration bearing little resemblance to the later, and simpler, snake decoration.
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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