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Description: | The object is a strap end which has been made from cast copper alloy. In plan it is an elongated triangule with rounded corners In length it is a maximum of 39.7mm, its maximum width is 8.9mm. It is at its thickest at the moulded zoomorphic terminal which is 3.9mm thick. It weighs 4.83g.
The strap end has a zoomorphic terminal which represents a head of an unknown animal. The terminal has a rounded elongated snout with an indentation either side representing the eyes. The indentation has a low-relief pellet in the centre. Behind the head are two perpendicular ridges which are possibly collars. The body continues to extend behind. All this portion of the strap end and the snout is semi-circular in section.
The terminal of the strap end divides into two plates and are a '>' shape in profile. In each corner there is a rivet hole, through both plates, with a copper alloy rivet in place.
The surface of the strap end is corroded, and only a trace of a dark green patina remains, and this represents the original surface.
The dating of the object is definitely of the Early Medieval, and is a Type B1 of Thomas's classifications. He dates these to the late 8th-11th 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
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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