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Record ID: BERK-09943A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded cast copper alloy hooked belt attachment of post-medieval date. The belt fitting, which may have been for a sword belt, has a rectangular main body which is keeled on the top and flat on the underside. The top retains some gilding. There are two integrally cast rivets on the reverse. The hook protruds from the base of the main body and is also rectangular in section. The hook curves back towards the rivets. Suggested date: 16th-17th century AD.
Created on: Monday 9th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: BERK-095208
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy decorative strap fitting (belt mount) of medieval date The mount has a domed circular mid-section and two short rectangular tabs either side. Through each tab is a small rivet hole which would have secured the fitting to a strap. Across the girth of the central dome is a cast recess with two ribs running across its width; these are decorated with multiple scores along their lengths. This form of belt mount was very popular in the medieval period and was in use from at least AD 1150-1450 (Egan and Pritchard 1991:26 no. 214).
Created on: Monday 9th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: BERK-091BC0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete copper alloy Late Roman "propellor" type belt stiffener. The belt stiffener comprises a central roundel with two opposing triangular wings (hence the propellor analogy). Each triangular wing has two small V-shaped notches in the middle of the flat edge, and has incised lines down the outer edges. There is also a circular rivet hole in each wing. The roundel has a central dot with two circumferential lines surrounding it (ring and dot motif). The reverse is flat and undecorated.
'Propeller' strap fittings are associated with the Late Roman Military, and extend into the m…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2016
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Record ID: BERK-48AD44
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman armlet, broken and reshaped into a finger ring. The armlet fragment retains the hook clasp at one end (which would probably have originally slotted into an eye at the opposing end). The fragment carries multiple incised and stamped motifs consisting of short panels of incised diagonal lines, punched annulets in a rectangular border with fine diagonal lines either side. A fragment of the third panel survives before the break and also contains a central rectangular border with diagonal lines either side. Armlets with similar multiple motifs are re…
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2010
Last updated: Saturday 22nd June 2013
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