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Description: | An Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy zoomorphic strap end dating to around the 9th century AD. The attachment end is gently shaped around two empty rivet holes. Below this the decoration is made from rather crudely engraved lines. Immediately below the rivet holes is a fan-shaped motif made up of a curve below two oblique lines to one side and one to the other. A linear border encloses both the fan-shaped motif and the main decorative field below, which perhaps depicts an animal or interlace. Below this are two oval fields which represent the ears of the zoomorphic terminal, each of which is engraved with an open oval or C shape. There are two diverging pairs of oblique lines below the ears, perhaps representing the eyes, and the narrowed snout is broken off short. The engraving may originally have been inlaid, but no trace of any inlay now survives.The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecorated. The length is 30mm, width 8mm, thickness 2mm, and the weight is 2.48g.
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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