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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM-963318
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy strap or sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. Read's Type 7. The main plate of the fitting is ovate with a convex section. A transverse collar with bulbous knoped terminal projects from one end of the plate through which the remains of an iron rivet can be seen. A transverse ridged and grooved collar is present at the opposite end from which a disc toggle extends. The remains of a second iron rivet remains through the main plate, just above the lower collar.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The fitting is 48.3mm long, 14.2mm wide, 4.6mm thick and weighs 7.2g.
A similar example is illustrated in Read, p.210, no.763.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.3 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 7.2 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05301
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ellerker (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9329
Four figure Latitude: 53.74908357
Four figure longitude: -0.5911716
1:25K map: SE9329
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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