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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end of Gabor Thomas type A, 750-1000 AD in date. Only the zoomorphic terminal end of this strap end and part of the plate now survives, the attachment end is missing due to old breaks. It measures 34.2mm in surviving length, 13.6mm in width and 4.8g in weight. The base of a decorative panel can be seen on the front face with a triangular central part with rectangular longitudinal panels to either side of this, these have traces of niello and silver wire within them. Below this is the mouse or bat like terminal, it has rounded ears, again with recessed cells to accommodate niello, now missing. There is a central rectangular panel running down the centre of the snout, it has traces of niello within it, the eyes are oval with a circular dot in their centres.
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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