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Description: | A 9th century copper-alloy tongue-shaped strap-end of Thomas Type A (2003).
The wider open end has a decorative indentation at the centre of its top edge and two small circular attachment holes. Immediately beneath these holes is an incised scallop-shaped decorative panel with a single incised wedge within its confines.
The main decorative panel lies below and is contained within a sub-rectangular incised border. It probably depicts a dog and is executed in the Trewhiddle style (see D.M.Wilson, 1964, p.181). The animal faces left, its stylised head extending to the upper left hand corner of the panel. The head has an accentuated beak-like nose and a small round eye. A collar separates the head from the steeply-angled neck, which extends two thirds of the way back down the panel before jutting steeply back up into a high-arched back. The tail is represented by a single incised line down the length of the lower back. Three short incised curves on the body are probably designed to represent hair. Under the body are two three-toed paws, the bottom edges of which follow the horizonal bottom edge of the border. The spaces around the design are filled with incised scrolls.
Just below the main decorative panel are two incised curves, separated by a vertical line, all located above worn inverted triangle. The curves are designed to represent ears and the triangle the nose and mouth of a zoomorphic head.
The object is badly bent but has a light green patina and little or no corrosion. It measures 44.1mm long by 12mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 5.05g. | 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: | 800
875 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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