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Description: | An incomplete small zoomorphic strap-end. Cast copper alloy with silver inlay.
A tapering strap-end with a short split attachment plate at the proximal end. The front part of the plate is missing. The back part of the plate is thin and has the remnants of two circular attachment holes, one at each corner. The right corner has been broken off and the hole on the left is broken at the top.
The distal end of the object is thickened from the attachment plate and tapers to a rounded end. It is cast in the form of an stylised animal head with a snout, protruding, round eyes and rounded ears with central recesses. Above this terminal is a panel of inlaid silver decoration. The decoration is of abstract curlilinear design.
The shape and decorative style of this object identify it as a Thomas Class A type 2 strap end( Thomas, G, 2003, "Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age strap-ends 750 - 1100 : Part 1", Finds Research Group Datasheet 33, page 3-4, No.2)
Date: Early Medieval : 9th century
Dimensions: 28.20 mmx x 10.46 mm x 3.17
Weight: 2.84 | Subjects: | Zoomorphic | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hayward Trevarthen, Ciorstaidh - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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