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Description: | A cast copper-alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class A Type 1 style, with Trewhiddle decoration. The strap end has a split attachment end with two iron rivets remaining. The plate is convex sided and has a stylised zoomorphic terminal in the form of a forward facing animal head with rounded ears. The decorative field on the front of the strap end has been created by incision and the incised cells have been inlaid with niello, much of which survives. The decorative field above the zoomorphic terminal is divided into five constituent parts. At the bottom two cells are filled with interlace decoration which may form zoomorphic creatures with pointed heads. Above this, and central to the decorative field there is a quatrefoil set within a central lozenge. Above this there are two fields of decoration, which appear to form two sides of a stylised animal's head with pointed triangular ears and eyes represented by incised lines and dots. The decorative field is set within a border formed by regular horizontal dashes. The strap end probably dates from the 9th century, though may be late 8th or early 10th century (Thomas 2003, 2).The strap end measures 48.86 mm long, 13.32 mm wide, 2.28 mm thick and weighs 7.9 grams. It has a green patina with patches of brown, particularly on the reverse. The reverse also exhibits faint traces of silvering.
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