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Unique ID: HAMP-621399
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
A suggested late medieval (1400-1500) copper alloy strap fitting, possibly relating to a sword-belt hook or for suspending a purse. The object is broadly U-shaped and lozenge-shaped in cross-section with an elongated rectangular loop at one end and an inward-facing projection at the other.
The rectangular loop is c.23mm in length with an internal measurement of 18.53x4.46mm. Below extends the curved loop of the hook, 28.84mm in width. A transverse rib is at the junction of the curve as it extends into the upright (and presumably outward-facing) section of the belt hook, a moulded shield-shape or pentagon projects just below. Just before mid-way of the vertical section is a moulded lozenge. At the other end the inward-projection is c.18mm in length and hexagonal in cross-section. On some other examples this projection has zoomorphic features.
The object measures 52.91mm in length, 28.84mm in max.width, 11.47mm in max.thickness and weighs 17.08g.
For comparable published examples see Read (2008, 214-215; refs. 771-773).
Class: belt hook
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.91 mm
Width: 28.84 mm
Thickness: 11.47 mm
Weight: 17.08 g
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Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3827
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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