|
Date: |
|
Description: | A medieval cast copper alloy strap slider, c.1150-1400 AD. The slider consists of a single, trapezoidal loop with a pair of opposed internal triangular projections about a quarter of the way up the sides of the frame. The sides of the frame are rectangular in section with a slight projecting knop in each upper corner and the centre of the upper edge. It measures 27.8mm long on the top edge, 23.4mm long at the bottom, 19.0mm tall and 3.5mm thick. It weighs 2.42 grams.Egan and Pritchard (1991: 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1260 with a double knop in the centre which they assign to a late 12th to late 14th century date. They note that these strap loops with internal projections are thought to be the earliest form, and were attached by passing one end of a strap through the narrower end of the aperture below the projection, leaving the wider top part for the other end of the strap (ibid: 231).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
|