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Description: | A Class B, type 1 (Thomas 2003) strap end of copper alloy with a gently tapering shaft, a wedge shape split, transverse groove decoration and a highly stylized animal-head terminal. It is covered in a green patina and has been coated in a varnish. Except for the two rivets, the strap end is complete. It measures 40x10mm and weighs 3.53g.
At the attachment end are two rivet holes. On the obverse side, just below the wedge are two transverse grooves, and between these and the rivet holes are two grooves, one following each side. Except for this, the shaft is undecorated. The closed terminal has curvilinear sides, and is decorated with two engraved chevrons separated with a transverse groove. Below these are two triangular indentations.
The reverse is undecorated, and has iron corrosion towards the closed end. This appears not to be uncommon in this class of strap end. For example NARC-6AB657 from Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire and WAW-B33196 from Temple Grafton in Warwickshire show similar corrosion.
Strap ends found during excavations suggest that this type was introduced in the latter 8th or early 9th centuries and remained popular into the 11th century (Thomas 2003, 4). | Subjects: | Class B type 1 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wood, Rachel | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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