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Description: | A cast copper alloy Early-medieval strap end, Thomas Class A Type 1. The strap end cast from one sheet of copper but is split at one end to allow insertion of the strap. Although now bent almost to a right angle, the strap end would have originally been sub-rectangular in plan tapering to a flat-nosed zoomorphic terminal. The body of the strap end is separated into three panels of decoration; the zoomorphic snout terminal, central trewhiddle-style decorative panel and then another panel containing geometric designs around the two rivet holes at the open end. One copper rivet remains. The reverse of the strap is plain and undecorated. This style of strap end dates from c. 750-925 AD.
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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