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Description: | Fragment of a 9th century silver strap-end. Animal head terminal
Potential Treasure find from Collingham, Nottinghamshire:
Fragment of Anglo-Saxon strap-end (2006 T552)
Date: 9th century
Description: Anglo-Saxon fragment of strap-end. Only the tip survives, with its typical zoomorphic terminal, showing a stylised animal mask seen from above, with a rounded muzzle and prominent triangular ears raising from rounded diameters, in a style typical of the midlands.
Discussion: The main body of the strap end would have been filled with decoration that can be postulated when compared to contemporary pieces, such as the one from Wimpole, Cambridgeshire featured in the 2002 Treasure Annual Report, no. 54, probably zoomorphic, but also including lozenge-shaped patterns.
Dimensions: Length: 21.30mm Width: 11.70mm Weight: 1.34g
Metal content: SEM tests carried out at the National Conservation Centre, Liverpool showed a 50-60% silver content.
Dr Anna Gannon
The British Museum
December 2006 | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Herepath, Nick - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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