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Description: | An incomplete strap end of late early-medieval date. This openwork strap-end is a good example of the Winchester-style of decoration. The upper (attachment) end of the piece is missing and the object as a whole is slightly bent and corroded. The plate is tongue-shaped and consists of a complex openwork interlace pattern with probable zoomorphic influence. The moulded decoration is exectued on both sides of the piece; it terminates at the centre of the bottom edge in a sub-rectangular protrusion which may be designed to represent an animal head. The object measures 47.1mm high by 27.5mm wide and 3.1mm thick; it weighs 11.71g.Referenced in Kershaw (2008, 259; fig. 5)
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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