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Description: | Medieval, cast copper alloy strap end with a ball, or globular shaped terminal. The strap end is hollow, with a hole, possibly a casting defect, at its end. On the other side of the ball are two, slightly trapezoid, projecting plates, 10.2mm long x 7.5/6.8 wide and each 1.8mm thick. Through them is a 2.0mm diameter, copper alloy rivet. Length 22.0mm, Diameter 13.5mm, Mass 6.22g. The dating of these strapends is difficult as none have been found in a useful context but a related strap end, from Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, terminates in a Romanesque animal head, suggesting a date in second half of the 11th or the 12th cent. (WILT-8F33A4). A date range for these strap ends of c. 1050 - 1400 seems likely.
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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