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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end. The strap end is oval, about 45mm long, with a broken attachment plate at one end and a tapering zoomorphic terminal at the other. The central panel is corroded, but appears to have been decorated with inlay, perhaps niello. This is an example of Gabor Thomas's Class A Type 1 strap ends (FRG Datasheet 32, by Thomas, 2003) which were common in the ninth century, dating from the late eighth to the early tenth centuries. This object has been recorded from photographs and details kindly provided by the finder.
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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