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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap end dating to the Medieval period, (AD1066-1500). The object consists of two sheets of copper alloy with a forked spacer in between. The object terminates with a tri-lobed knop the lobes of which are worn. The opposite end is rounded and the edges incomplete. One face of the object is decorated at the open end with an incised horizontal grove with an X below. Below this are two horizontal grooves. A single rivet remains in situ at the open end of the object. The single horizontal groove runs across the head of the rivet. The remains of leather can be seen between each plate of the strap end. The object has a dark green patina and can be dated to c. AD 1350-1400. Examples of similar strap ends can be found in Egan and Pritchard, (1991), p142-144.
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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STRAP END
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