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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap junction of the later Early Medieval period, probably 9th, 10th or 11th century.The strap junction consists of a sub-square frame that has 3 open cells of sub-rectangular shape. Two cells are oriented with their length vertically, one in each upper quarter. The third cell is oriented with its length running horizontally along the bottom half of the frame.The centre of the frame is occupated by a raised mousehead, very similar in style to the mousehead terminals of strapends of the later Early Medieval period. L=23.67; H=24.38; TH=5.54.There is also a strap end plate still wrapped around the frame of the upper left cell. The plate is made from a sheet of copper-alloy and is sub-rectangular in shape, wider at the end than the fold. There is a rivet in each corner of the end of the plate, and some leather is preserved in the plate near the rivets. L=23.07; W=13.76; TH=4.45.The underside of the frame is undecorated.
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