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Description: | A Medieval copper-alloy strap-end.The artefact is complete but has a widthways bend just below halfway. Two equal-sized plates are separated by a sheet metal spacer which occupies the lower three quarters, with the remains of a textile strap in the upper third. Each plate has horizontal top side, and straight, parallel long sides which converge towards a sub-lozengiform knop. Grooved decoration on the upper plate is contained within a single line border. A short distance above the centre is a 'V-shaped' motif comprised of several grooves, with two horizontal grooves below; below this there is an inverted 'V' (single groove), and upward-pointing chevron is located at the base of the plates. The upper third of the plate has two horizontal grooves, each with a series of right-angled grooves extending downwards from its underside. The terminal, separated from the plates by a wider collar, bears an incised saltire. A copper-alloy rivet is located at the centre of this saltire, with a second at the top of the strap-end.Length: 41.9mm; width: 7.7mm; thickness: 2.4mm. Weight: 2.78g.A close parallel for this strap-end is held in the collections of the Museum of London (Egan and Pritchard 1991: 148 - Fig. 96, Mol acc. no. 80.65/4). According to the authors, all twelve similar examples from excavations in London are from 14th century contexts and the type appears to have been relatively short-lived (ibid. 148).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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