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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy 'lyre-shaped' strap end or possibly a buckle (c. 1350-c. 1450).The lyre openwork end is missing.The strap was secured within the integral box-like hollow square plate and was retained by two copper-alloy rivets, one at each corner of the attachment end. At the front there is an engraved letter M in gothic/black letter script. The M is probably for the Virgin Mary.This strap end is corroded in places and has a green patina with traces of gilding.Length: 23.7mm; width: 23.4mm; thickness: 7.1mm diameter of rivets: 1.5mm. Weight: 10.51g.A complete example has been published (Ward Perkins 1940: 270, fig. 85, ref: A. 2565).Similar strap ends have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: HAMP-071414; IOW-2C6C74; IOW-DD2E92; NMS-AEFC17; SF-F906E5; SOM-179D3F; SUR-7E3BA3; SUSS-375954; SWYOR-3DB1F7 and WILT-D27C27.Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940. London Museum Medieval Catalogue. London: HMSO.
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