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Description: | Gabor Thomas Type A strap end, of Middle Saxon or tenth century date. This example is one of four various examples reported together from the same site. It is 2mm thick, max 11mm wide, and 36mm long. The animal's head terminal is very broad and flat, with slightly raised rings for eyes, Tapering from a blunt nose 6mm across to a width below the ears of 9.5mm. That section is 12mm long. The next zone, or thorax of the strap-end, is c5mm long and expands to 11mm breadth, and displays two rather circular ears and a central wedge-shaped crown. From that point to the back of the fitting is 17mm length, and this is occupied by three strips of applied or inlet silver some 10mm long and 2mm broad, set in three parallel lines, and each silver applique has a tiny spiralling scroll engraved upon it. Small triangular appliques of the same kind are mounted on the crown between the ears and on the ridge of the snout. Over the hindmost 11mm of the object it is split into an upper and nether tongue, and at the back two rivets still in situ show that the fitting was attached to a strap about 10mm wide and 1mm thick.
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