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STRAP END
Unique ID: LANCUM-0CF597
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy strap end or possibly a buckle plate dating from the medieval period, that is c. AD1200-1500. The artefact remains intact with front and back undamaged. While the reverse is plain, the obverse is decorated with incised decoration which may have held a niello inlay. The imagery is difficult to identify from the image, but the style of decoration suggests something floral rather than figurative or geometric. There are two rivet holes towards the bottom edge of the artefact and, what may be the remains of the buckle pin, towards the front, The bar which was part of the buckle frame may still be in place, hidden by the folded-over buckle plate (if it was a buckle plate rather than a strap end).
NB: The find was not seen by the FLO. Image and findspot information kindly provided by the finder.
Subsequent actions
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: 31.22 mm
Width: 18.26 mm
Weight: 6.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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