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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy incomplete strap end (9th century). This is a Thomas Class A Type 1 strap end with an open end and Trewhiddle style decoration (Thomas 2003:2). The open end has a central notch creating a bi-lobed edge, in each lobe there is a rivet hole. The rivets are no longer present. The sides of the strap end are notched at regular intervals creating a serrated appearance. The front surface is decorated with engraved motifs inlaid with niello. The first pattern is a simple knot motif just below the two rivet holes. Below that is a rectangular panel enclosing an interlaced beast. Sections of the niello are missing. The reverse is undecorated. The strap end is broken midway through the interlaced pattern and the zoomorphic terminal is missing. Patchy pale green patina with areas of the red base metal showing through.
Dimensions: length: 24.83mm; width: 9.74mm; thickness: 3.37mm; weight: 2.95g.
Thomas, G. 2003. Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1. The Finds Research Group Datasheet 32. | 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
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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