|
Date: |
|
Description: | A copper-alloy Anglo-saxon strap end of Thomas' A type. The strap end is 34 mm in length and 11 mm wide in its centre, tapering to 6 mm wide at its attachment end and 2 mm wide at its terminal end. The strap end would have been attached to the strap by inserting the strap into a gap in the metal at the attachment end. It was secured through four thread loops, one of which is missing. The terminal end is zoomorphic in style, and a pair of curved ears can be recognised, although other than the pointed shape of the terminal other zoomorphic features are absent. The strap end's central field has what appears to be an interwoven floral design although this is somewhat difficult to make out. This type of strap end tends to date from the early 9th to the early 11th centuries.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
STRAP END
A copper-alloy Anglo-saxon strap end…
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
STRAP END
A narrow, early-medieval cast copper-alloy…
-
STRAP END
A narrow, early-medieval cast copper-alloy…
-
STRAP END
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early…
|