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Description: | A middle to late Anglo-Saxon strap end (Thomas classification Class A). The strap end has been made from one tapering plate of copper alloy with a split end at the attachment end of the fitting. Two rivet holes are located at this end of the strap end, with one copper alloy rivet surviving in situ. The other terminal of the strap end has a much stylised zoomorphic head. The head projects away from the main body of the strap end as a flat rounded knop, the terminal proper in a small pointed bit of copper alloy, which extends out from the centre of the knop. There is an incised line running down the centre of the neck of the strap end (possibly a guide for dividing the surface of the strap end into decorative constituent fields). Both the obverse and the reverse are undecorated. This is likely to be because the strap end is very worn and has lost much of its original surface. The metal is a mid greenish-brown colour. The piece dates from the late 8th century - 1000, between circa AD 750 and 1000.
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