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Description: | Strap distributor
Early Medieval 850-975
Diameter 26mm, height 12mm, thickness 4mm
The artefact circular in plan and domed with a concave underside in cross section. There are three apertures (10mm long, 5mm tall) that run around the circumference, only one of the apertures retains the its outside edge, which shows signs of ware and misshapen through use, the outside edge of the other two apertures is missing. In between each of the apertures is an animal facemask with large eyes and tall arched ears. The pinnacle of the dome is divided into three by a trefoil linear decoration.
The artefact is very heavily worn and its entire original surface has corroded away resulting in the loss of all the detail, leaving it with a dark brown-pitted surface.
Although the artefact is very heavily worn the art style appears to be Borre and therefore dates it to 850-975AD. | 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: | 850
975 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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