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Description: | A narrow, early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end. The attachment end has two rivet holes - weak points at which loss has occurred leaving the artefact incomplete. The attachment end (maximum width of 7.6mm) tapers to a width of 3.5mm after 14.6mm. The strap-end is therefore very narrow, tapering again (to 2.2mm) just before it terminates. The strap-end has been bent at the point just after the initial tapering (described above), at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees. Considerable corrosion renders former decoration difficult to discern although the terminal does appear to be zoomorphic. In its form, therefore, the strap-end bears characteristics of both Thomas' (2003) Type B (zoomorphic terminal) and Type C (narrow, thin profile) Anglo-Saxon strap-ends. Due to this latter point and the condition of the object any accurate dating is rendered difficult. | 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: | 675
1000 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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