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Description: | Cast, copper alloy Winchester style openwork strap end. Tongue shaped strap end with a curved distal end, wavy long edges and short, integral attachment plates at the proximal end. The plates have a hole for a rivet at each corner and two more between. Each plate has a break in one corner attachment hole (on opposite ends). The inner holes retain the copper alloy rivets. The strap end is thickly cast with many small circular and sub-circular holes and a relief tree-like design with leaves and curling fronds. The design extends around the sides producing the wavy egdes. At the mid point of the distal edge is a small rounded projection. It is reminiscent of the tree-like design on William's class A type, 7 late Anglo-Saxon stirrup-strap mounts. Thomas Class E type 1 (The Finds Research Group Datasheet 33 Dimensions - 47.15 mm x 23.29mm x 5.77. Weight - 31.73 g.Referred to in Thomas et al. 2008, 174; n. 9
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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