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Description: | An early-medieval copper-alloy strap end, in plan an elongated triangle with slightly convex sides. In profile the straight edge is split forming a slender V shape, the two halves of which are held together by two copper-alloy rivets each passing through a rivet hole in the corner of each plate. The terminal has a moulded animal head, which consists of two transverse crescents with a sub-oval and then another two transverse crescents. Together these appear to represent eyes or ears, and below is the rest of the animal's head. The body of the strap end has relief decoration consisting of what appears to be branched central column within a high-relief linear border. The sides of the strap end are decorated with transverse notches. The reverse is undecorated. The surface of the strap end has a smooth brown texture, and on the reverse there is one patch of a dark green heavy patina. The strap end feels quite worn over its surface. In length it is 54.67mm, 11.47mm wide and 3.59mm thick. It weighs 8g.Class A strap ends date to the 9th to 10th centuries (Thomas, G. 2003 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part I' Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 Datasheet 32).
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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