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Description: | Composite copper alloy strap-end; consists of two outer sheet metal plates and a central cast forked spacer with a protruding acorn terminal; the upper part of the strap-end is rectangular with a semi-circular notch at the upper edge, it was secured to the strap via a pair of copper alloy rivets, remains of a ?textile strap survive sandwiched between both plates; the front surface of this area is engraved with a sub-rectangular field of linear decoration; the lower section of the strap-end expands into a circular field decorated on its front surface with an engraved hexafoil. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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