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STRAP END
Unique ID: HAMP-9EAFF5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A sheet plate from a copper-alloy medieval composite strap-end. The plate is trapezoidal in form, narrowing gradually to an tapered end with flattened tip. The second plate is missing. The strap-end is held together by a pair of rivets, both survive. The object has corroded to a variable mid/dark-green colour. It has been bent upwards slightly. It can be dated to the 13th to 14th century and examples can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 147; ref. 698) and also Griffiths et al. (2007, 134-135; ref. 1552).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.7 mm
Width: 13.45 mm
Thickness: 3.15 mm
Weight: 2.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Wednesday 29th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3195: NFR/
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: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Somborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3630
Four figure Latitude: 51.068209
Four figure longitude: -1.487594
1:25K map: SU3630
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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