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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a hooked tag or strap end of possible Early-Medieval date. It is missing the attachment and hook ends due to ld breaks. The surviving fragment has a flat, triangular plate that tapers towards the hook end. At the attachment end where it terminates in old breaks there appears to be a transverse ridge in the break, potentially indicating a split attachment end, but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. The front face of the plate is decorated with an incised border that contains incised cross-hatched decoration. This extends towards the base of the plate where there is a moulded zoomorphic terminal. The terminal comprises a series of four unevenly punched semi-circualar motifs. Beneath this is a slightly projecting zoomorphic head with raised triangular forehead, projecting pellet/globular eyes and an elongated, faceted snout. The snout extends to the start of a rear-facing hook that terminates in old breaks just below the terminal, its precise form uncertain. The entire object is worn and preserves only traces of a dark green patina. It measures 33.20mm in surviving length, 8.10mm in width, 1.44mm in thickness and 1.79g in weight.The precise form and date of this object remain uncertain. It shares some similarities with hooked tags and zoomorphic strap ends of later Early-Medieval date (e.g Read, 2008: fig. 10). However, no close parallel has as yet been identified and the general appearance of the object suggests that a much later date cannot be ruled out entirely. If it is indeed of the Late Anglo-Saxon period then it is likely to date between the 9th and 11th centuries AD.
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