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Description: | The strap end is made of cast copper alloy. The surface of the strap end has a well developed polished light blue/green patina. The length of strap end is 39.7mm and is 7.7mm at the widest point.
The majority of the strap is casr as a solid piece, with the exception of the widest terminal which divides, in profile, forming a '<' shape. Between these two plates the strap would have been riveted in place through the two rivet holes at the very edge. Both of these rivet holes, on both plates are damaged and incomplete.
The upper surface of the strap end is decorated. The upper plate has a high relief lip bordering the side edges. Where the plates join together the upper surface is decorated with a ridge and three parallel grooves which are perpendicular to the edges of the strap end. The central portion of the strap end which follows is undecorated except for the sides are obliquely angled downwards. This central portion is bordered, again, by three parallel grooves which are perpendicular to the edges of the strap end. The terminal forms a stylised zoomorphic head represented by an angular elongated quatrefoil.
The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecorated. The plated terminal of the strap end, in profile, does bend slightly.
Thomas, in his unpublished paper, suggests these types of strap end are dated between c. 775-110. | 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: | 775
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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