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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 iron rivets, one at each corner of the attachment end. There is another iron rivet at the opposite end.This strap end is corroded has patches of a dark green patina with iron staining from the rivets.Length: 27.0mm; width: 20.5mm; thickness: 6.4mm. Weight: 10.70g.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-52E998; 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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