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Description: | A copper alloy sword-belt fitting of Early Post Medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1650).The fitting consists of a flat sub-triangular mount which is a tapering rectangle in shape with an incurved wider end. It tapers and thickens to a complete narrowed rectangular backward-looping hook, bent closed at the lower end to hold a copper-alloy ring. The mount has two circular rivet holes on its central axis, both containing the remnants of iron rivets. The front of the mount has bevelled edges and the reverse is slightly dished or concave. The circular ring measures 12.4 mm in diameter and has a flat oval cross-section.The mount measures 39.17 mm in length (including the ring), has a width of 14.22 mm and is 2.5 mm thick. It weighs 5.2g.Strap fittings of this style are typically considered to be part of sword belt sets. Compare WMID-E3317E, which is identical but missing the ring. Two examples from Norwich, again with iron rivets and backward-looping hooks, come from contexts dated to the early 17th century (Margeson 1993, nos. 257 and 258).
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