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Description: | A late Anglo-Saxon - early medieval strap end, it probably dates from circa 850 -1100. The strap end has been made from one pointed oval shaped plate of copper alloy with a split end at the attachment end of the fitting. This split end has broken off, the break looks very worn. Due to the break, the rivet holes you would except to find at the attachment end of the strap end have also been removed. At the broken end two triangular shaped projections extend outwards from the narrower part of the fitting.
The other end of the strap end has a rounded knop terminal. The obverse surface of the main body of the strap end has been decorated with a series of ring and dot motifs. The motifs run right the way around the edge of the strap end, forming a pointed oval shape and a line of them runs down the middle of the fitting. The reverse also depicts these motifs, but on this surface the arrangement is some what more random.
The metal is a mid jade-green colour. Some of the original surface survives, but the surface is pitted. | 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
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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