|
Date: |
|
Description: | A slightly corroded cast copper-alloy openwork object: probably a strap-end of early-medieval date. The object is sub-rectangular with a thin attachment end (Th.: 2.3mm). The bears a pair of rivet holes, with traces of the corrosion product from the rivets on one face. Below this end the object widens to 25.8mm (from 23.3mm), and expands to a thickness of 3.3mm. This 'border' is mirrored at the terminal end of the artefact. Between the two borders is a slightly narrower openwork field (W.: 22.9mm). This is punctured with two sub-ovals near the attachment end. Below these are a pair of sub-triangles on each side with an unequal quadrilateral centrally between and below them. At the terminal end is a pair of small sub-ovals below the lower quadrilateral. Although this arrangement is broadly symmetrical it is somewhat crudely executed. Furthermore, the terminal 'border' is not perpendicular to the edges. This suggests that the object is not modern, indeed the dull red-brown metal with traces of light green corrosion product are suggestive of a later early-medieval date. The form of the object is similar to a late Saxon strap-end in so far as it has an openwork field and a pair of rivets at a thin attachment end. However, as no direct parallel is evident the dating and attribution remain tentative. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
STRAP END
A slightly corroded cast copper-alloy…
-
Strap end
An almost complete late early-medieval…
-
STRAP END
A copper-alloy strap-end of early-medieval…
-
STRAP END
An almost complete late early-medieval…
-
STRAP END
A corroded cast copper-alloy openwork…
-
STRAP END
An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end…
-
STRAP END
An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end,…
-
STRAP END
A complete early-medieval cast copper-alloy…
-
-
Strap end
A worn early-medieval cast copper-alloy…
|