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Description: | Early medieval copper alloy strap end, ?Type B? AD 750-1100, with zoomorphic terminal. Made from sheet metal construction it is sub-rectangular in shape, tapers towards the closed end, and has a flat reverse and a domed front. It has a v-shaped split and a copper-alloy rivet survives within the single fixing hole. The front of the shaft is plain except for two parallel transverse grooves about one third of the way down. At the terminal is the zoomorphic head consisting of well carved animal ears, and a moulded brow and snout. The original surface has survived in a good condition with a dark green patina. It measures 31.88mm long, 6.02mm wide at the open end, 5.28mm wide at the terminal end, 2.92mm thick and weighs 3.68g. Similar zoomorphic terminal strap ends can be found in West, S. 1998. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 84, figures 10.1-2 and 16.2-3. | 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
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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