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Description: | Copper alloy, Anglo-Scandinavian strap-end dating to the 9th century. The strap-end, which measures 56.47mm in length, has a plain sub-rectangular shaped split end which tapers slightly to the decorated part of the object. The split end has a single circular central perforation for attachment with a rivet. The lower two thirds of the strap-end incorporate stylised zoomorphic features in the form of animal heads. The animal head motif actually occurs three times on the strap-end, the upper two depictions mirror each other; the top head is snout pointing downwards and the lower is snout pointing upwards. The third head forms the terminal, and ends in a squarish snout with nostrils. The animal heads have drilled eyes and nostrils and incised 'lunate' ears, which are slightly pronounced and raised. The object weighs 14.09g and measures 12.61mm in width and 6.02mm in thickness. The back of the strap-end is plain and undecorated but has a worn incised line around it's edge, possibly as a result of casting.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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