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Description: | Cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end of later early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, 750 - 1000 AD.The strap-end is sub-triangular in plan and has a sub-rectangular profile. The edges of the strap-end are also slightly beveled. The cross section is sub-rectangular. The strap-end can be divided into two distinct parts; the body, and the terminal (head). This definition is made because of differences in the shape and size of the two parts as well as differences in decoration style. The body of the strap end is sub-rectangular in shape with two parallel tapering sides. It measures 20.3 mm in length, 10.4mm width, and it is 1.6mm thick. The terminal of the strap end is sub-triangular in shape and measures 14.5mm in length, 3mm width, and is 2.3mm thick. The strap-end weighs 2.47 grams.The majority of the strap is cast as a solid piece, with the exception of the widest part of the terminal which divides, in profile, forming a '
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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