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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap end length 27mm, width 12mm, thickness 1.5mm weight 1.79g. Rectangular shape with slightly convex edges, this has been truncated so that the rear half is missing. The forward edge of the strap end has a crude animal facemask. The main decoration may have been a complex foliate or geometric pattern consist, but this area is encrusted. This is a Thomas class A type 2 which dates it to the late 8th early 10th century,Tomas G, 2005, Late Anglo-Saxon & Viking Strap-ends 750-1100 Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 32.
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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