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Description: | A cast lead strap end with incised inscription of tenth or eleventh century AD date. The tongue-shaped strap end measures 42mm by 19.1mm by 3.3mm and weighs 20.2g. It is of Thomas's type E and its width to length ratio is 1:2.2. At the wider end there is a narrowed tranverse section through which there are three equally spaced round holes. The strap end is decorated with simple incised decoration on both sides, comprising four concentric borders which follow the outside edge. This decoration extends over the thinner section on one side only. Within the border is the inscription. The text starts from the end with the attachment holes on both sides.
According to Elisabeth Okasha, with word-division added, the text reads w[v]lfstan m[e]c ah a, that is, ?W[u]lfstan owns me -?, with an extraneous letter A at the end. The name Wulfstan is a relatively common name, especially in the later Anglo-Saxon period. The word mec is an old and/or poetic variant of the usual Old English word me, ?me?. This form is quite common in comparable inscribed texts. The word ah is the third person present singular of the verb agan ?to own?. The final letter A is not part of the text as such and may be considered as a space-filler. | 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: | 900
1099 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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