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Description: | A copper-alloy strap-end with silver rivets and hooked terminal, now bent. At the top of the artefact is the split attachment end, which is undecorated, its straight sides converging towards the body of the strap-end. The body is of rectangular cross-section with a gradual decline in width from top to bottom; it is decorated with a series of evenly spaced transverse grooves. The terminal consists of a stylised zoomorphic head extending into a rearward-curving hook of rectangular cross-section, the point located a short distance from the back of the strap-end's flat underside.Length 43.2mm, width 8.9mm, thickness 4mm, weight 5.74g.This is a Thomas Class B, Type 1 strap-end. Thomas dates the earliest of these to the late 8th or early 9th century and they continue in use until the 11th century; a small number have hooked terminals (Thomas 2003: 4). Further examples on the PAS database include SOM-CDDB81, NMS-C2EE81 and NMS-4B0BB7.
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