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Description: | An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the 9th to 10th century AD The object is generally rectangular. At one end there is a rectangular attachment element, now damaged. Here the object appears to split into an upper and lower plate, the upper plate being much thinner than the lower plate. The upper plate is badly damaged so that much of it is missing, and one corner of the lower plate is now lost. The two plates are riveted together with two copper alloy rivets, intact, arranged longitudinally in the centre of the rectangular element. The upper surface of the upper plate is decorated with a cluster of three incised ring and dot motifs between the rivets. The attachment element is joined to the main rectangular plate of the object along one of the long sides. The main plate is as thick as the two plates of the attachment element. There are four large circular knops on the upper surface, one at each corner. The two at the corners furthest from the attachment end project slightly beyond the edges of the plate. There is a fifth, larger circular knop in the centre of the upper surface. The rest of the upper surface of the main plate is decorated with a series of small moulded circular elements. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Cf. ESS-D80727 on this database
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