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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-746C6F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Medieval, cast copper alloy strap end with a ball, or globular shaped terminal. On the side of the ball project two, parallel plates, 14.8mm long by 3.4mm wide forming a bifurcated, attachment plate through which is 1.7mm diameter copper alloy rivet. Length 22.0mm, Diameter 8.0mm, Mass 3.16g.
The dating of these ball-like strapends is difficult as none have been found in a useful context but a related strap end, from Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, terminates in a Romanesque animal head, suggesting a date in second half of the 11th or the 12th cent. (WILT-8F33A4). A date range for these strap ends of c. 1050 - 1400 seems likely.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Weight: 3.16 g
Diameter: 8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 368
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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