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Description: | Copper alloy strap fitting. Strap end with open-work zoomorphic decoration. It has a rectangular split attachment plate with three circular attachment holes set in a line across the width of the strap end.The front of this element is decorated with two transverse ridges in parallel to the edge of the plate. From the attachment end projects a trifid plate (a small lobe at each side with a larger central one forming the terminus). The front of the object is decorated with two open-work, back-to-back birds flanking a central plant stem with symmetrical scrolls. The bird's heads are at the attachment side. Their feet rest on a domed knop at the distal end. The back is flat and undecorated. | Subjects: | strap end | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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