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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end, probably dating to the 10th century AD (length: 59.1mm; width: 18.9mm; thickness: 3.2mm; weight: 12.26g), and may be of an Hiberno-Scandinavian origin. This artefact is decorated on the upper surface with three uniform grooves running down its length, as well as one groove crossing the strap end's width at the broken end. To either side of the three grooves, there are the remains of approximately six or seven ring and dots. The underside of the artefact is undecorated and there is no evidence of rivets or attachment fittings as the strap end is incomplete. The artefact is in a very worn and poor condition with slight breaks and bronze disease along the edges. The best parallels for this piece are tenth century tongue shaped strap
ends, as well as resembles some strapends that are found in the North Lincolnshire area that are
decorated with ring-dots and ribs that run down their length, as well as other examples being found around the Irish Sea (Kevin Leahy). Tongue-shaped strap ends are illustrated in Macgregor & Bolick's 'A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collctions' in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1993, pages 208-10. | 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
1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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