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STRAP END
Unique ID: SF-C17BA8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. It is missing one plate and half of the copper-alloy spacer due to old breaks, and has been bent to an angle of 90 degrees due to post-depositional damage. It has a flat rectangular plate that narrows towards the terminal end, which has a projecting terminal knop. At the centre of the attachment end and the centre of the terminal end are central rivet holes containing separately cast copper-alloy rivets with flattened round heads. On the back face of the terminal end is an incomplete copper-alloy spacer of the same width as the surviving plate, held in place by the rivet. It measures 23.12mm in (bent) length. 10.08mm in width, 2.58mm in thickness, and weighs 2.43g.
This is a Medieval composite sheet copper-alloy strap end similar to examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: nos. 696, 698). It is of probable 14th century AD date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.12 mm
Width: 10.08 mm
Thickness: 2.58 mm
Weight: 2.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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