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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LEIC-F7E14E
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy fitting, 38mm in length, 8mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 6.88grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is decorated on all sides except the flat underside. It has one complete terminal with incised angular decoration suggestive of an animal head. This has a plain rounded end sitting next to a raised transverse ridge with diagonal incisions. Beyond this is a linear depression then a plain ridge with two diagonal incisions running outwards from it. Behind this is another transverse ridge with a central chevron incison behind it. Beyond this the object has incisions which may be damage and has snapped off. The object may be a book or casket fitting, see NMS-0A3032 for comparison.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.88 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
To be known as: MELTON
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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