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STRAP END
Unique ID: NARC-F0E7E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy cast strap end. The strap end has a split opening for the strap. The remains of an iron rivet passes through the strap end at this point. The strap end terminates in two globular balls (each approximately 6.2 mm thick), each on a stem which projects from the flat body of the strap end. The strap end measures 21.25 mm long, 23.27 mm wide (at its terminal) and 2 mm thick. No parallel has yet been found for this strap end, and its date is therefore still uncertain. The globular balls may have facilitated the object's use as an attachment toggle of some sort.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.25 mm
Width: 23.27 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Staffordshire Moorlands (District)
To be known as: Ilam
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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