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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end of Thomas Class A Type 2. It is rectangular in form with a decorative zoomorphic terminal and missing the attchment end due to old breaks. The terminal has a flattened snout with semi-circular notches to either side representing the eyes. Above the terminal are two transverse grooves between which are two central incised circles/pellets. The front face of the plate above the terminal has incised geometric decoration consisting of a narrow border that contains a central hexagonal panel with incised diagonal grooves above and below arranged in chevron patterns. At the centre of the hexagon is an incised inverted cross with single pellets to either side, and at the base of the plate are incised triangles that transect the chevrons. The top of the plate and the split attachment end are now missing due to old breaks. This strap end measures 25.97mm in length, 9.68mm in width, 1.52mm in thickness, and weighs 1.52g.This strap end falls into Thomas' Class A Saxon strap ends and is further defined as a Type 2 strap end due to the presence of the split attachment end, the shape of the plate, the zoomorphic terminal and the central decorative panel with simple geometric pattern (see Thomas, 2003: pp. 2, fig. 1.5). This indicates a date in the 9th century AD for the current example.
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