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Description: | A thin strap end of double plate construction, the strap end is a blunt ended oval in plan, and the front plate is decorated in low relief with an animal head terminal which has circle and 'comma' ears and a central transverse lozenge shaped panel with niello infill. Above this when holding the object open end uppermost, is a large panel of decoration which takes up most of the remaining space of the front sheet. The decoration consists of a backward looking beast with tail interlaced around its neck above and below which are areas of interlacing, all areas show remains of neillo infill. The open end has been secured by two copper-alloy rivets which are intact. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 800
1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rhiannon Harte | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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