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Description: | A fragment or incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) unidentified object, very similar in decoration to strap-ends of the 9th century.The object consists of a rectangular piece, flat to the reverse and moulded on all other sides, with a break at one short end and a projecting loop (perhaps a sewing loop?) at the other. It measures 17.94x7.73x2.74mm and weighs 1.7g.Behind the loop, which is D-shaped and measures 5.17x5.45x1.13mm with a circular perforation 1.27mm in diameter, is a moulded zoomorphic head. The short end is a raised rib with a small punched dot at either end and an incised C or backwards-C around it on the inside edge. This represents a snubbed snout. Behind and flanking either long edge is a C and backwards-C, within which is a punched dot - representing eyes. Reaching up to the broken edge are two inverted-U-shaped ears, the rounded ends flanked on the inside with a curved groove.
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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