File:Post medieval S-shaped belt hook with zoomorphic terminals (FindID 195988).jpg

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Post medieval S-shaped belt hook with zoomorphic terminals
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2007-10-03 13:58:43
Title
Post medieval S-shaped belt hook with zoomorphic terminals
Description
English: Post medieval belt hook; Cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook with snake head terminals dated to the 16th or 17th century. Single bar of copper alloy curled round at either end to act as a fixing for a belt. Each end is cast with a narrow ‘snout’ with a line for a mouth, brow ridges in relief and small eyes. There are also patches of a scaly pattern on the curves (which would be the back of the ‘necks’ of the snakes. The hook also has a cast decorative band around the centre with leaf or feather shapes extending from both sides towards the snakes heads.

Length 42.7mm, width (back of one head to back of the other head) 28.8mm, thickness 7.6mm, weight 19.74g

There are many similar examples on the PAS database. Compare, for instance, HAMP-46DEB6, SOM-3D2D15 and IOW-55B782.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 1500 and 1699
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1699-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 195988
Old ref: DENO-387F06
Filename: E5881 belt hook.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/152292
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/152292/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/195988
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Object location53° 11′ 26.88″ N, 1° 04′ 00.52″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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