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Description: | A copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon strap end of Thomas's type E, which dates from 900-1100. This strap end is rectangular in shape with a tapering and rounded terminal end or tongue-shaped, it measures 42mm in length and 26mm in width.
The attachment end is incomplete due to old breaks now worn but the remains of two parallel rivet holes and a larger central hole can still be seen. The front face is decorated with a tongue-shaped border within which there is a relief design which appears to be roughly symmetrical. What is being depicted is unclear it could represent entwined animals or a foliage design. There are three circular indentations at the top in the centre of the attachment end arranged in a triangle, to either side of these are diagonal slightly curving grooves, below these at the terminal end is a oval shaped groove with small radiating grooves projecting from a solid central oval shaped part within it. | 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: | 900
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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