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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy strap-end dating from the early medieval period. Mass: 5.1g; length: 43.6mm; width: 8.1mm; thickness of shaft (excluding split-end): 3.1mm. The strap-end has a split end at the top, a slightly tapering shaft and a zoomorphic terminal. There is an iron rivet through the split-end. The front of the shaft is decorated with transverse ribs and a rather unclear (?worn) animals head terminal. The strap-end has a well developed green patina. The head of the iron rivet is corroded. This is a Thomas Class B, Type 1 strap end (see Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100,Part I, 2003, p.4). Thomas comments that the type was introduced during the latter 8th or early 9th centuries and remained popular into the 11th century.
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