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Description: | A copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt dating to c AD 1500-1600. The fitting is missing one of the three suspension loops. The object comprises a band with foliate decoration. There are three rivet holes, one at either end and one in the centre. Hanging from the band are two suspension loops. The central suspension contains the remnants of an incomplete hooked mount which has a circular-section hook with a globular terminal. The hooked mount is broken at a rivet hole. The back of the strap fitting is incomplete. There is evidence of tinning on both sides of the strap fitting. Cf Read, B, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity Volume One, Portcullis Publishing, Langport p 39 no 373 and p 43 fig 26.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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