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Description: | An oval copper-alloy object, probably a strap-slide of late Anglo-Saxon date. The object is flattish, and incomplete on a small part of the circumference due to old breaks. It is also slightly curved, to give a convex appearance on the outside. There is a raised rib of metal running along the long axis, approximately 1.75mm in thickness and 4.65mm in width. The metal of the rib has a reddish tinge and is decorated with eight separate ring-and-dot motifs. These also cover the entire front surface in a haphazard way. The rib turns at right angles at the edge of the disc, and projects beyond the reverse for 4.64mm (the surviving length) on one side, and c.1.5mm on the other. The rib is rectangular in cross-section. On the underside of the disc there is a slightly raised band corresponding with the rib above. The object measures 26.38mm in length, 22.05mm in width, 1.5mm in thickness, and weighs 5.57g.It may have functioned as a strap slide (compare SF8856, NMS-80A7D4, LVPL-A37788, LON-B3D8C7 and LON-B3D5D1, all of 9th- or 10th-century date) but if so the back loop is missing. It would have made a neat match with a strap-end of Thomas's Class E, type 3 (ribbed).
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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