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Description: | A complete copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end of Gabor Thomas's type A, dated from between the late 8th to the 10th centuries.
This strap end is roughly rectangular in shape tapering towards its terminal and measures 31.07mm in length and 13.47mm in width. At the attachment end the strap end is split and two parallel rivets remain in situ. The front face is decorated with a upper triangular shaped moulding, below this there are two parallel rectangular panels, with the remains of a white material, possibly a 'cement-like' material, which would have held niello or silver wire in place, although any trace of these is now missing. Below this the animal head terminal begins with two parallel rounded ears and a slightly protruding forehead with transverse grooves across it and a copper-alloy rivet through its centre. The eyes are represented by two drilled circular indentations. The snout tapers towards its square terminal. | 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: | 750
1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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