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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: IOW-86BD05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval sheet copper-alloy loop. (c. 1200-c. 1500).
This object is a flat sub-rectangular piece of sheet copper-alloy folded through 180° to form a loop. It tapers in width from the fold towards the attachment end. In plan, the front attachment end is straight and the rear attachment end is rounded. At the attachment end, a copper-alloy dome-headed rivet is situated at each corner. The shafts are circular in cross-section and measure 2.27mm in diameter and the heads are 4.15mm in diameter.
This fitting is purplish and has traces of gilding at the front.
Length: 23.58mm; width: 15.02mm; thickness of sheet close to the rivets: 1.37mm; overall thickness: 8.56mmm. Weight: 5.15g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.58 mm
Width: 15.02 mm
Thickness: 8.56 mm
Weight: 5.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-2-193
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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