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Description: | An early Medieval cast copper alloy strap end. The strap end has two components, a long tapering shaft and a flat trapezoid which is the widest terminal and forms a '>' shape in profile. This terminal is abraded and is probably incomplete as the rivet holes are not visible. The shaft is sub-oval in section, and tapers to a slightly moulded probably zoomorphic terminal. The surface of the strap end is heavily abraded and the original surface has gone, therefore any potenital decoration is not visible. The strap end measures 46.32mm long, 7.2mm wide and 3.97mm thick. It weighs 4.3g.Thomas (Thomas, G. 2003 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part I' Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 Datasheet 32) classifies these type of strap ends as Class B. Class B Type 1 has a similar zoomorphic terminal to the recorded example. Class B Type 2 has a Trewhiddle designed panel on the wedge-shaped split component, but the shaft is undecorated and the zoomorphic terminal is not similar in style. Class B Type 3 has a Trewhiddle designed panel on the wedge-shaped split component and decoration on the shaft, but this decoration is a series of scrolls. The recorded example is probably one of Thomas's Class B Types 1, 2 and 3 and probably dates to the 9th 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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