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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF8333
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper-alloy mount in the shape of an acorn. The large cup is cross-hatched and has a stalk bent at right angles. The small kernel has a knop at the top. There are traces of gilding on the upper surface. On the reverse are the stubs of two bent-over attachment spikes.
Class: mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 15 mm
Weight: 4.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2002
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK GREAT GLEMHAM
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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