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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 has two semi-circular lugs on the underside and is stepped in at the terminal proper, with an incised line drawn onto the upper surface. Next to this there is a T-shaped hole. Followed by a rivet, visible on both surfaces. The other end terminates with three balls which project slightly wider than the main body of the strap end. Just before these are two holes. The reverse is completely flat as the back plate would have attached to this side. The surface is a mid brownish-green colour. This strap end probably dates to the early-medieval period circa 11th Century. Other parallels can be found on the database see YORYM-7DB0C0, NLM651, NLM2876 and LIN-3A1414.
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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