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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end which is 34.9mm long, 10.58mm wide and 4.48mm thick. It has a zoomorphic terminal at the closed end, a short narrow body decorated with transverse grooves in two groups of two and a flaring attachment end, spilt into a front and back plate but broken before the end. The plate is decorated with an unintelligible swirling design including two circular motifs at the point where the attachment end starts to flare. This is a Thomas Class B strap end, probably a Type 1 which would suggest that it dates from the late eighth to the eleventh centuries (Thomas, 2003, Finds Research Group Datasheet 32). The reverse is undecorated and is slightly concave at the attachment end. The strap end is in good condition and has a deep green even 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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