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Description: | Copper alloy middle/ late Early Medieval strap end, 33.5mm in length with a max width of 9mm (min 3.5mm - at the nose). It weighs 2.71g.The open end is 7mm wide and 8mm deep. A single in situ rivet 1mm in diameter pierces the centre. The patina is smooth, shiny and brown, and undecorated, except for 9mm on the end opposite the open end. This is zoomorphic in style, two horizontal grooves at the narrowest point of the strap end (5mm wide) before the rounded terminal extends, with two triangular grooves to either side, representing eyes.The strap end is most like Thomas's Type A strap end (late 8th century to 1000 AD), except the open end narrows and is not the widest point, and there is a 'waist' -the narrowest point- before the rounded terminal 'head'.
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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