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Description: | A copper alloy strap end from the Early Medieval period. The strap end is sub-rectangular with a rounded end, or tongue shaped. It has an open work design of simplified plant scrolls. A rounded knop projects at the rounded end. The design is in high relief and both sides of the strap end are decorated equally. The attachment end is thinner and contains three rivet holes. One is broken. The strap end is 46.1mm long, 24.2mm wide and 5.7mm thick. It fits into Gabor Thomas's Class E, type 1: Winchester style and dates from the tenth or eleventh centuries. The strap end is in good condition with a smooth pale green patina.
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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