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Description: | Copper alloy decorative strip, possibly dating to the middle early medieval period. The piece is broken in two but both parts are from a single object. The object is a long thin strip with a triangular section, the largest part measures 84mm in length and 5mm in width. The smaller part measures 56mm in length and 5mm in width. The longer strip curves into a ?U? shape at one end where the other section of strip would have been attached. Originally the strip would have doubled back on itself with a gap in between. At the terminal end of the longer strip there is a circular sectioned copper alloy stud (cast separately) which presumably would have attached to the parallel strip. This stud may have gone through another material to keep the decorative strip in place. The strip has decorative ring and dot designs down it?s length on each side of the chamfered edges. These are interrupted halfway up the strip with a flattened section with two ring and dot motifs. The terminal of the longer section is still present and although worn, appears to have zoomorphic features. The object may be part of the binding for a book or box, or possibly a strap fitting for a wide strap. The object weighs 9.24g | 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: | 600
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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