E25 Leather Strap and Fragments
Datemid 17th-early 18th Century
Object NameLeather Strap and Fragments
Mediumleather
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
DimensionsOverall (Length x Width): 60 x 14 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 85 x 38 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 72 x 35 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 85 x 38 mm,
Overall (Length x Width): 72 x 35 mm,
AcquisitionTransferred from the Scottish Development Department.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS028481.17
About MeSite number: E25
Site name: 45-75 Gallowgate
Small find number: 281.32
Context number: 162
Trench number: 4
Feature number: 156 (drain)
Phase number: 4b
Sample number:
Lab number: 870001.32
Catalogue number: 607 ('Aberdeen: An In-depth View of the City's Past')
Short length of strap of single thickness, with two short, torn edges and two long cut edges, one of which is mostly worn away. Row of short grain-flesh slits, Length = c 1.5, W = 0.5mm, parallel to each long edge. Cattlehide?
There is also a irregular shaped piece of leather with torn edges and almost split into two sections with a thin strip with stitching holes attached to one. There is a very small triangular fragment, with two stitching holes to one side and a thin strip of leather curved into a C-shape.
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 14th-late 14th Century
mid 14th-late 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-late 18th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-late 18th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 17th-early 18th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
mid 17th-early 18th Century
late 12th-13th Century
mid 17th-early 18th Century
early 13th-18th Century
late 12th-13th Century
late 18th-19th Century
mid 13th-mid 14th Century
12th-13th Century