E25 Leather Belt Fragment
Datemid 13th-mid 14th Century
Object NameBelt Fragment
Mediumleather
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width): 425 x 55 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 80 x 27 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 80 x 27 mm,
AcquisitionTransferred from the Scottish Development Department.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028481.2
About MeSite number: E25
Site name: 45-75 Gallowgate
Small find number: 275.27
Context number: 155
Trench number: 4
Feature number:
Phase number: 2a
Sample number:
Lab number: 870001:27
Catalogue number: 606 ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')
Two fragments of belt. Larger fragment (a) consists of a strip of single thickness, with cut edges. Parallel to both long edges are grain-flesh holes, in pairs, c 5mm between holes in a pair, pairs are c 10mm apart. Belt tapers; narrower end incomplete, but obviously a blunt end, not pointed. Wider end has had one or more thongs passed through grain-flesh holes - backwards and forwards, and over one edge-flesh side, where a separate piece is attached. L = c 470mm; W = 39-57mm. Delaminated. Very worn. Second, much smaller fragment (b) is triangular, with two cut edges forming a right angle. Third edge torn. Holes and thongs are on larger fragment. No apparent join. L = 82mm; surviving W = 27mm; T = c 3mm. Goatskin.
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