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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of later early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date, 800 - 1000 AD. The strap-end is broadly sub-rectangular in plan with two parallel sides which taper to a blunted point. The profile is sub-rectangular and also slightly bowed. The cross section is sub-rectangular. The edges of the strap-end are also slightly bevelled. It measures 26.4 mm in length, 10.3mm width, is 2.3mm thick and weighs 2.83 grams. The remaining fragment consists of the lower end and body of the strap end. It is cast as a solid piece and is broken at the widest point, presumably before it 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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