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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of Early-Medieval date.The attachment end and upper part of the body are missing. The lower part of the body has bowed sides and a decorative panel of indeterminate form. The strap-end tapers towards the bottom, where there is a terminal in the form of a heavily stylised zoomorphic head, executed in low relief and facing forward. At the top of the head, a pair of sub-oval mouldings with central depressions represent the animal's ears; a lozenge-shaped panel is located beneath and has irregular depressions at its centre, which may be eyes; a rounded snout projects from the base of the lozenge.Dimensions: 29.6mm long, 11.1mm wide, 1.8mm thick. Weight not recorded.This is an example of a Thomas Class A strap-end, a series which probably has its origins in the late 8th century and, it is suggested, probably continued well into the 10th century in northern areas (Thomas 2003: 2). The form of this piece is similar to Thomas's Class A5 (ibid. fig. 1, no. 11), although it lacks the silver wire inlay which is diagnostic of this category.
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