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STRAP END
Unique ID: SF9108
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Strap-end consisting of two pieces of copper-alloy sheet now held together by a single separate copper-alloy rivet at one end. One plate is more highly polished and is decorated with a saltire of rocker-arm engraving at the attachment edge. The strap-end tapers from 10 mm wide at the attachment edge to 8 mm wide just before a series of cut-outs herald the start of the terminal. This is broken at a second rivet hole but was probably originally quite long and elaborate. There appears to be a scrap of textile retained between the plates at the attachment end. Total surviving length 48.5 mm. 14th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.5 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st December 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref. 2400
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