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STRAP END
Unique ID: SUR-ADB129
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy object, possibly a strap end of medieval date. The object is 32.1mm in length and tapers from a trapezoidal rear end with rectangular cross section through a bevelled section with trapezoidal section to a broken terminal which has small flanking lobes and may have been zoomorphic in form. There is a single remaining rivet hole at the rear end which has traces of a rusted iron rivet. The rear portion has a worn incised linear border with transverse lines at the rear end. The reverse is flat with a patch of iron concretion at the front end.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.1 mm
Width: 7.8 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sutton Veny (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8941
Four figure Latitude: 51.16813536
Four figure longitude: -2.15870792
1:25K map: ST8941
1:10K map: ST84SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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