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Description: | Copper-alloy strap-end of probable 9th C. AD date. The piece has two equal length sides and is wider at one end. This wider end measures 9.3mm wide and has a double rounded terminal and two small rivet holes. The plate here is split in two, forming a slit into which the opposing strap-end attachment would have gone. The gap between the two plates measures a maximum of 1.2mm wide. The opposite end of the strap-end is 6.3mm wide. The entire display surface of the piece is decorated with geometric incised lines and, in the middle of the central decoration plate, a styleised flower. An unidentified white paste has been applied to the central decoration plate and to a small plate at the narrow end of the piece. The reverse is undecorated and has a corrosion product attached at the narrow end. This may be iron or mineralised leather.
The total dimensions of the piece are 28.4mm long, by 6.3mm wide and up to 4.8mm thick. Weight = 4.24g. | 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
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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