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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval starp end fragment. It consists of an animal head terminal, with a straight edge representing the snout, and two circular eyes above. The strap end has convex sides, but is incomplete due to old breaks, and so its split terminal is missing. The panel beyond the zoomorphic face has narrow, beaded borders and a central area which is worn but bears traces of animal interlace pattern. There are also traces of silvering and possibly niello. The fragment measures 30.91mm in surviving length and is 6.39mm in width across the snout, and 12.45mm at the broken edge. It is 1.65mm in thickness and weighs 3.13g. It fits within Thomas' classification as a Class A, Type 1, dating to the ninth century AD.An example from Great Blakenham is illustrated in West 1998, EAA vol 84, Fig.10 no.1.
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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STRAP END
An incomplete early medieval copper…
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