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Description: | A copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. It has a shield shaped plate with semi-circular notches to each side, and a curved attachment end. At the outer edge is a separately cast rectanglar bar mount that is semi-circular in section with rounded front and concave back face,held in place by a separately cast copper-alloy rivet with flattened heads and rectangular rove on the back face. A second similar is present at the attachment end. The entire object measures 17.96mm in length, 10.61mm in width, 4.73mm in thickness (at mount, 0.78mm at plate), and 1.51g in weight. This strap end is of Medieval date, c.14th century AD (as Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 733-734). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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