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SUSS-04CD20: Post-medieval strap fitting

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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: SUSS-04CD20

Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy clothes fastener. The object appears to be only part of something. A curved half cylinder of copper alloy plate forms the main part of the artefact; the front surface of this is decorated with a series of parallel criss-cross lines. This design is then frames within a raise line around the edges of the plate. The cylinder shape in wider at one end than the other, it tapers to the thinner end. A small, thin, tapering projection extends from the middle of the thinner end of the half cylinder. The reverse is undecorated. An almost identical object has been described in Treasure Hunting (April 2004) as being a Late medieval clothes fastener.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.39 mm
Width: 11.07 mm
Thickness: 1.35 mm
Weight: 4.31 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th September 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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