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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of early-medieval date. It is almost complete apart from a small part missing from the front of the split end. It has an elongated shape and is formed from a single plate split at the attachment end. There are three rivet holes through the attachment end, though no rivets survive. The front is decorated with an incised geometric design, consisting basically of a pair of double-line pointed ovals, echoing the shape of the eyes in the terminal beneath. There is a V-shaped line in the centre instead of the usual fan-shaped motif below the attachment end.The terminal has a crude zoomorphic head in the same incised style, with no obvious relief element. The eyes are made up from a double upper and single lower line forming a pointed oval, with rounded single-line ears above.The incised detail has been infilled with a white substance flush with the surface of the plate. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal is a light brownish-green colour. The strap end is of Thomas's Class A, Type 2 ('patterned') and dates from the late 8th to early 10th century Thomas 2003, 2).
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