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Description: | A copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. It has a shield shaped plate with semi-circular notches to each side, and a curved attachment end that has a projecting triangular knop. At the outer edge is a separately cast rectanglar bar mount that is semi-circular in section with rounded front and concave back face,held in place by a separately cast copper-alloy rivet with flattened heads and rectangular rove on the back face. A second rivet hole, missing its rivet due to old breaks, is visible at the attachment end. The entire object measures 23.78mm in length, 18.62mm in width, 3.24mm in thickness (at mount, 0.38mm at plate), and 2.08g in weight. This strap end is of Medieval date, c.14th centuryAD(as Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 733-734). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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STRAP END
A complete copper-alloy shield-shaped strap…
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