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Description: | Fragment of an Anglo-Saxon strap-end. The fragment consists of the terminal of a zoomorphic strap-end - the main body with the split end having snapped off. The terminal is in the shape of an elongated muzzle with flared nostrils and large almond-shaped eyes incised on the sides. A large lozenge is incised on the widening flat forehead, where two large pointed ears, subdivided by circles are also applied. Just above them the wavy border of the field is visible, which would have contained the decoration of the main body of the strap-end, most probably in Trewhiddle style. This type of decoration, which would have stood out on a black niello background that originally filled all the incised lines, is characteristic of the 9th century.
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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