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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end of later early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, 800 - 1000 AD. The strap-end is sub-rectangular in plan with two parallel sides which taper to a blunt point. The profile is sub-rectangular and also slightly bowed. The cross section is sub-rectangular. The edges of the strap-end are also slightly beveled. It measures 31.4 mm in length, 9.7mm width, is 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.72 grams. The majority of the strap is cast as a solid piece, with the exception of the widest part of the terminal which divides, in profile, forming a '
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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STRAP END
Cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap…
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