A cast, copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt dating from the post-Medieval period, AD 1500-1700. It is the hooked plate from a sword belt. It is sub-rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the ornate hooked end where it is decorated on each side with a shallow, v-shaped notch followed by a semi-circular cut-out, terminating is a fleur de lis, the central feather of which is broken off, but which would have extended into a wide hook. The broader end is biconcave. A broad, central groove runs down the full length of the upper side of the artefact. There are two rivet holes in this central groove; one just inside the broader edge, which contains the remains of a ferrous rivet, and one between the v shaped notches. The plate is fluted, with a wide shallow concave flute on each side of the central groove.
The artefact has a rough, light green patina. It is 35.6mm long, 18.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 4.22g.
Compare SF6565 and Read (2008, 218; no. 783). .
A cast, copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt dating from the post-Medieval period, AD 1500-1700. It is the hooked plate from a sword belt. It is sub-rectangular in shape, tapering slightly towards the ornate hooked end where it is decorated on each side with a shallow, v-shaped notch followed by a semi-circular cut-out, terminating is a fleur de lis, the central feather of which is broken off, but which would have extended into a wide hook. The broader end is biconcave. A broad, central groove runs down the full length of the upper side of the artefact. There are two rivet holes in this central groove; one just inside the broader edge, which contains the remains of a ferrous rivet, and one between the v shaped notches. The plate is fluted, with a wide shallow concave flute on each side of the central groove.
The artefact has a rough, light green patina. It is 35.6mm long, 18.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick. It weighs 4.22g.
Compare SF6565 and Read (2008, 218; no. 783). .
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Incomplete
18.9
Width
35.6
Length
1.7
Thickness
4.22
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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1500
1700
Method of manufacture
Classification of object