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Description: | Copper alloy sheet fitting, probably a medieval strap end. The piece is formed of a sub-rectangular strip of copper alloy bent back on itself but not quite in half. The fitting is plain. The slight gap between the two sheets is closed at the folded end but opens and widens a little after the first few millimetres. It is 17.43mm long and 10.08mm wide at the open end, but slightly narrower, 8.37mm, at the fold. The sheet is 0.70mm thick. It weighs 1.09 grams. No holes, attachments or decoration can be seen.Egan and Pritchard (1993:159) illustrates some similar pieces, mostly decorated and with additional rivets, which they conclude are strap ends based on the lack of cut outs for the frame and parallels on spur straps (ibid:218).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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