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Description: | A copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end. It has an elongated shape and is formed from a single plate which splits at the attachment end. There are two rivet holes through the attachment end, though no rivets survive. The front has been decorated with a Trewhiddle-style beast within a sunken sub-rectangular field. The beast has its feet to one side of the strap-end and looks backwards over its back; it is the right way up when the strap-end is held with the attachment end to the viewer's right. It has an open mouth, round eye, and long pointed ear; the neck is decorated with a line of dots; the body is bulbous and has both dots and a deep nick; the legs are short, blunt-ended curves. The beast is in counter-relief and the surrounding area is infilled with an unknown white substance.The terminal of the strap end features a zoomorphic head modelled in relief, now worn, complete with ears and eyes.The reverse is flat and undecorated, with one of the rivet holes being blocked by corroded material. The strap end is almost complete. The metal is a dark brownish-green colour with traces of red colour. The strap end fits into Thomas's Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style) and dates from the late 8th century to the early 10th century.
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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