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Description: | Treasure case : 2003 T278
An Anglo-Saxon strap-end, originally thought to be of silver due to its silver colour; in fact, it is made of leaded brass. It is split for attachment to a small strap, which would have been held in place by the two gilt rivets, which are still in place. The lower plate is broken off just above one of the rivets, but the top plate is complete. The terminal is, as customary, zoomorphic, and the large eye sockets probably held eyes of glass or stone. The brow and ears are in relief, the muzzle is elongated and texture is given by a pattern of lines radiating from the nose. Lines with oblique scoring also form the not-too-carefully worked out decoration of the top plate, and a similar decorative pattern is also discernible on the lower part of the piece, suggesting that this is a piece of some refinement. It weighs 2.34g, and measures 25mm in length and 8mm in width.
Anglo-Saxon strap-ends are fairly commonly found, as they were widely used for a variety of functions, in dress or harnesses. The type and decoration suggest a date between the end of the 8th and the beginning of the 9th centuries. | 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
825 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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