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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object, possibly a strap fitting, of probable Medieval date.Consisting of a flat circular plate 17.15mm in diameter, with a central circular aperture. At the base of the plate the object divides into two separate bars. The bar below is flat and rectangular and continues flush with the plane of the object and bends to a right angle. The bar above is D-shaped in section and rectangular. It bends to form a D-shaped loop 13.25mm in external height, 9.01mm in internal height, 19.45mm wide. This bar re-joins the object after the bend of the right angle. From here the bar is D-shaped and rectangular before concluding with a transverse rectangular terminal. On the back face of the terminal is a central sub-rectangular integral rivet 5.36mm in length, 3.22mm in width. There are traces of gilding on the front face. The back face is flat and undecorated.This object measures 37.18mm in length, 22.58mm in width, 4.70mm in width at the bar, 3.34mm in thickness, 6.99g in weight.
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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