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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, Class A Type 1-2 (Thomas 2003). The strap end has convex sides and a split end. The split end is pierced on each side with two circular holes; a copper alloy rivet remains in one.
The incised decoration on one side is divided into a number of fields. Immediately below the holes there is a palmette subdivided by two inverted v-shaped lines with short vertical lines extending from their lower edges. Below this is the main rectangular panel filled with a complex zoomorphic interlace design, with the head of an animal looking outwards in each upper corner. Below this are two adjacent sub-square fields each containing two chevrons, and below this an oval field split into three double-edged lobes. The terminal has a small incised rectangle divided into a cross with triangular arms. The upper part of the strap end has a border of short horizontal lines. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ghey, Eleanor - British Museum | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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