SUSS-E66586: Medieval composite strap end

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STRAP END

Unique ID: SUSS-E66586

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy spacer plate from a Medieval composite strap-end with large acorn knop terminal. It is 31.5mm long, 15.1mm wide and 5.5mm thick; it weighs 4.03 grams. The front and back plates are missing. The spacer section (above the collar) has a flat triangular plate from which rises two prongs, one at each edge; both are rectangular in cross section and taper from the plate. Both prongs have old breaks at the end, the longest is 12.4mm long. Below the expanded oval collar, which marks the point the plates would have ended, there is a waist and the the terminal expands into an acorn shaped knop. The knop has a trapizoid 'cup' decorated with incised cross hatching and an oval 'nut' coming to a slight point at the end. Similar strap-ends can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 144; fig. 94, no.675) and date to the 14th or 15th centuries AD.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.5 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 4.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th February 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Near Bognor Regis

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	144; fig. 94	no.675

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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