HAMP-5A6D81: Medieval suspension mount (strap-fitting)

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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: HAMP-5A6D81

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A slightly damaged fragment from a cast copper-alloy object: a strap fitting, possibly relating to a sword-belt hook or to suspending a purse. The object would have been broadly U-shaped with a hook at one end and a loop at the other; the loop survives. Within the loop the sub-rectangular slot was presumably for a leather strap (L.: 13.0mm, W.: 6.95mm). Below the slot is a circular perforation, recessed on one surface, whose function is unclear (Dia.: 3.3mm). The loop is slightly distorted as a result of old damage. The break has occurred just below the circular hole at a point at which the object has been twisted. For comparable published examples see Read (2008, 214-215; refs. 771-773); for a complete example with two perforations see ref. HAMP-EA1F45 on this database. The metal has mid-green patina over a red-brown metal of which only traces can be seen.

Class: belt hook

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 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 36.4 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 9.74 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3212

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Owslebury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5123
Four figure Latitude: 51.004135
Four figure longitude: -1.274517
1:25K map: SU5123
1:10K map: SU52SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	214-215	771-773

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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