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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Early Medieval strap end. The tongue-shaped strap end has anthropomorphic decoration executed in openwork and belongs to Thomas Class E, Type 2 Classification (2004, 2). The abstract design has a central naked figure facing forward with his arms and legs apart. The triangular arms are almost like wings and have horizontal grooves. His fists are clenched and around his waist is a kidney-shaped moulding. The strap end is broken at the attachment end and has a rounded knop at the terminal end. The length is 40.7mm, the width is 23.1mm, the thickness is 2.4mm and the weight is 8.76g.
The decoration is likely to be an abstract version of the Sherbourne St John Stirrup Strap Mount which depicts a naked man with serpents entwining around his arms and legs (1997, Type 3, p. 36-39). | 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
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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