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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked strap fitting (c. 1500-c. 1700).The plate is slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear. At the top the corners are rounded in plan. In plan, the sides of the plate taper inwards towards the upper part of the hook (the lower part is missing). Along the longitudinal centre-line of the plate are two empty rivet holes.This fitting is reddish brown with iron staining and the break is abraded.Height: 28.3mm; width: 11.4mm; thickness: 2.8mm. Weight: 2.26g.Two close parallels for this object are noted in Margeson 1993 'Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78'. 38, refs: 257-258. These objects are dated to the 16th or 17th centuries and Margeson notes that they were probably associated with sword belts or similar hooked mounts.Margeson, S. 1993. Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report.
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