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STRAP END
Unique ID: HAMP-071414
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Late Medieval (1350 - 1450) copper-alloy composite strap-end. The strap end consists of an integral trapezoidal box-chape (24.95x24.21mm) with a fragment of probable "lyre-shaped" openwork frame at the base of the box, riveted at the reverse to a thin copper alloy sheet. The surface of the strap end is decorated with black letter inscription, while the reverse is plain. The black letter comprises perhaps three letters, although they are not discernable. Often such inscriptions have religious connoitations.
Four rivets remain intact at the four corners of this square border, with the two at the open end showing signs of iron corrosion. Below the border is a horizontal groove running the length of the box frame, beyond which two incomplete arms of the openwork frame extend from the outer edges and are each decorated with a circular punch mark. The strap end measures 28.44mm in length, 25.3mm in width, is 6.88mm thick and weighs 12.45g
Class: hollow plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.44 mm
Width: 25.3 mm
Thickness: 6.88 mm
Weight: 12.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form No. 3459
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Wendover (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8705
Four figure Latitude: 51.73696603
Four figure longitude: -0.74149738
1:25K map: SP8705
1:10K map: SP80NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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