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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy strap end Gabor Thomas Class A, 750-1100 in date, probably also type 5, but due to wear this is unclear (Thomas 2003, 3-4, fig 1).The attachment end of this strap end is missing due to old breaks, the beginning of the split can still be seen. The plate is convex sides and tapering and has a zoomorphic terminal in the form of a mouse or bat-like creature. The front face of the plate has what appears to be two worn longitudinal rectangular panels which are now empty but may have held niello and silver wire originally, hence the suggestion that this strap end could be of Gabor Type 5. Type 5 has fields of niello inlaid with scrolls of silver wire, and is difficult to identify when the inlay is missing as in this case. The zoomorphic terminal has large oval ears and small bulbous eyes and a projecting snout. The strap end measures 29.66mm in surviving length and 12.57mm in width.
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