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E25 Leather Strap
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E25 Leather Strap

Datemid 14th-late 14th Century
Object NameStrap
Mediumleather
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width): 240 x 14 mm,
AcquisitionTransferred from the Scottish Development Department.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028481.6
About MeSite number: E25
Site name: 45-75 Gallowgate
Small find number: 152.1
Context number: 105
Trench number: 4
Feature number: 106
Phase number: 2b
Sample number:
Lab number: 870001:1
Catalogue number: 604 ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')

Strap made out of a single thickness of leather, with two long and two short cut edges. Worn and partially delaminated. Pattern of wear in two places suggests that two narrow, tight bands had been wrapped round the strap, or used to secure the strap to something else. Cattlehide.