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Description: | Early Medieval cast copper alloy strap end, 11th century. Incomplete - the reverse plate and most of the obverse plate of the bifurcated proximal end (attachment end) are broken off. The strap end tapers slightly from the proximal end to the central narrowest part, which is expanded in thickness, apparently forming a debased and very worn animal head in relief on the obverse. Beneath this, the strap end expands and is lozenge-shaped in plan - this is decorated with an interlace or scroll design, now very worn; the lower two edges of the lozenge (the distal end) are wavy and may have formed an animal mask. Reverse plain and undecorated. Brownish-red surface; no original surface survives. Length 32.31mm, width (max, across lozenge) 11.4mm, width at proximal break 6.9mm, thickness max across ?zoomorphic head 3.16mm, thickness across proximal break 2.34mm (0.7mm acrossobverse plate), thickness across lozenge 2.0mm, weight 3.23g.Other strap ends of this type on the PAS database include - SWYOR-CBF181 (from Harworth Bricotes, Notts) & WMID-78DFF1 (from Staffordshire). This lobe-shaped form is noted by Thomas (2000, 123), who quotes examples from South Ferriby and Goltho, both Lincolnshire (his catalogues nos. 1324, 1235; fig. 3.32D).
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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