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Description: | A cast copper alloy incomplete ball-ended strap end dating to the early-medieval period. The strap end comprises the obverse plate of the strap end, the back plate is missing. The terminal end of the strap consists of a raised ball end on a projection from the main body of the strap. The main body of the strap end is divided by a raised straight line into two rectangular cells. The cell closest to the terminal end has one rivet hole and two large perforations likely to be only decorative in purpose. The second large cell has two rivet holes, one of which still has the rivet present. On one side of these rivet holes are two circular perforations and on the other is a ovoid shaped perforation, again both are likely to only be of decorative purpose. The other end terminates with three balls which project slightly wider than the main body of the strap end. The reverse is completely flat as the back plate would have attached to this side. The surface is a mid greyish-green colour. This strap end probably dates to the early-medieval period circa 11th Century. Other parallels can be found on the database see NLM651, NLM2876, LIN-3A1414.
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