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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap end (9th century). This strap end is a Thomas (2003: 4-5) Class B, Type 2 Trewhiddle Style. It has a curved split end with central notch and two rivet holes with copper alloy rivets still present. The shaft tapers towards the stylised zoomorphic terminal, showing the animal?s head with laid-back ears (width: 8.88 mm tapering to 2.03 mm). Just below the split end there is a panel of Trewhiddle style decoration. Corrosion has obscured the detail of the pattern but the overall interlace picked out in niello is visible. There is some damage to the split end where sections of the edge are missing.
Reference: 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 | Creator: | Kate Sumnall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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