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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy fitting, probably part of a strap fitting of probable Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1500. The fitting is a flat rectangular plate with a rolled end forming a possible hinge or clasp fitting. There is no slot for a pin in this rolled edge so although superficially it looks like a plate for a buckle, this is unlikely. The rolled end of the plate is corroded to part of the object that it interacted with. This appears to have been a hollow tube or a bar of C shaped section. Immediately at the side of the plate, it curves away from the hinge as if to form a loop, but too little remains to be sure. There are two rivet holes in the plate, one near each end, both empty. This plate could be from a clasp (SUR-DB0AE5), book fitting, strap end (HAMP-321496), strap union or junction (NCL-AC4ED5) or other object. Though it is probably a strap fittting, it could also bea clip from the side of a sheet metal vessel or other object. Compare DENO-1F47E1 also. The fitting is 22.9mm long, 16.8mm wide and 4.2mm thick. 1.76g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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