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Description: | A worn copper-alloy early medieval 900-1100 AD strap end of Gabor Thomas type A, 27.9mm in length and 12mm in width. As it is so short, only the animal head terminal end survives, but there are two parallel incomplete rivet holes in the worn incomplete attachment edge above this it seems likely that this strap end has been reused and that the originally strap end was at least twice as long. The attachment end is split and the two rivet holes circular.
The terminal end is tapering to a rounded tip and an animal head is decpited on the front face, it has rounded ears above brow grooves and rounded eyes. Within one of the ears there is a white substance with tiny fragments of silver wire within this, strap ends of type A are known with niello and silver wire decoration and this strap end may fit into this group. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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