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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy strap end. The tapering attachment end is a plain split end and has an incomplete rivet hole at the top. It has ring and dot decoration on the front plate. Below the attachment end is a panel of stylised zoomorphic moulding. The animal has raised lunate ears and pellet eyes. The nose has a chevron under the eyes and a horizontal moulding of two raised ribs. Below the ribs are two more pellets. The strap end terminates with an integral hinge terminal of two pierced lugs. The lugs are covered with iron corrosion that suggests that they once held an iron pin. The back of the strap end is plain. The length is 42.1mm, the width is 10.4mm and the weight is 9.06g.The strap end belongs to a distinctive group found widely across the Danelaw. These are discussed in detail in Mainman, A.J., 2000, p2568-2569.
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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