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Description: | Incomplete Middle/ Late Early-Medieval copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class A with silver and niello decoration.The Class A strap-ends are typified by a split end, convex or tapering side and zoomorphic terminal. This example is 31mm in length to the break, where it has expanded to 22.2mm wide. Decoration is missing behind the head, where the lower part of the field has been divided into three sections, the bottomost of which is n shaped. The surviving area is divided with a central rib running down the centre.The silver and niello survives on the two elongated ears (c.8mm long) with rounded ends and between the eyes. The niello delineates the parts of the ear.Weighs 8.39g.Class A strap-ends are classicly 9th century in date, but can also date to the 8th and 10th century. The silver and niello on this example suggest it may be of the Trewhiddle type, Class A Type 1.
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