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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy strap end of medieval date, c.AD1150-1450. The strap end is composite, comprising two plates attached to a central rectangular rod. The rod is rectangular in section with a straight edged terminal to the end within the plates, it is not possible to determine if this is complete. The opposite end terminates in a rounded knop with raised fluted collar and decorated with concentric circular pits. The plates are sub-rectangular. The top portion being wider than the lower which is slightly thinner than the rod to which they are attached. Only the upper plate retains all of its lower portion, the reverse one having been lost to an ole break. The open end of the plates have two triangular cut-outs resulting in a zig-zag edge. Both are decorated with an incised border though the lower edge bears two square box-shapes with incised eight pointed stars. The incised border continues onto the lower portion of the plates, the surviving one of which has a pointed terminal.A rivet is present at the open end of the plates by which they are held in place. A perforation, presumably for a second rivet, is also present on the reverse of the lower section of the rod.The metal has a deep green patina and survives in good condition. The strap end is 54.1mm long, 7.7mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 5.2g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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