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Description: | Strap end made from cast copper alloy. Its terminal is in the form of a three dimensional animal?s head executed in the Urnes style. Open work tendrils ran from either side of the upturned nose back to join the head behind the lentoid eyes. The tendrils were decorated with incised oblique lines and the point at which they join the head in marked by a neat scroll. One tendril is missing the other damaged. Two other tendrils run from beneath the head, up behind it where they are linked by a simple knot. Between the head and the bifurcation is a triple moulding consisting of two plain rings separated by broader band bearing angled incised lines. The upper part of the strap end is bifurcated leaving two rather thick leaves. Both sides of the bifurcation are decorated with a lys-like knot motif. Through the centre of the bifurcation is a single copper alloy rivet. The length of the strapend is a 45.94mm, the width is 12.48mm and the weight is 11.61g. | 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: | 1050
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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