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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-D96D16
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting or loop of Medieval date. Only the outer edge of the frame survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form, D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. At the centre of the outer edge is a prominent oval shaped boss, with slight semi-circular projections at each end where outer edge and now missing sides of the frame meet. This fragment measures 26.09mm in length, 5.84mm in width, 3.46mm in thickness, and 1.89g in weight. This is a copper-alloy strap loop of Medieval date with near identical parallels published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 1263). It is of c.14th century AD date.
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: 26.09 mm
Width: 5.84 mm
Thickness: 3.46 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Near Bury St Edmunds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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