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Description: | Complete copper-alloy strap end of medieval date, probably late 14th century. It has a tapering hollow rectangular-sectioned shaft, with two copper-alloy rivets at the attachment end. The method of attachment is unusual, since the sides enclose the strap rather than leaving it open as normally seen on strap ends where the plates sandwich the strap. The underside of the strap end has a separate rectangular copper-alloy plate which fits over the strap and neatly joins onto the sides. This plate has two copper-alloy rivets which are also visible on the upper surface of the strap-end. The terminal of the strap end is in the form of a animal head. The head is three-dimensional and has raised triangular ears when viewed from above. In front of this there are two V-shaped moulded ridges. The snout is faceted when viewed from above and has a rounded terminal. The head looks slightly different when viewed from the side. The ears are represented by an incised line runnning diagonally. The side of the head between the ears and the eyes has two moulded ridges which lead into the V-shaped ridges seen on the top of the head. The side of the snout is concave and terminates with upturned depicting the mouth open, as if the beast is bellowing.A similar strap end was discovered in North Kesteven, recorded on the PAS database as LIN-6EF4E6; another was found near North Cave in East Yorkshire and is on the PAS database at YORYM-2F3636. See LVPL-A4FDB2 for more parallels, both from excavated contexts and from the PAS database.
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