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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end of Thomas Class A Type 5, missing its attachment end due to old breaks. It is sub-oval in shape with convex sides, tapering to a decorative zoomorphic terminal. The terminal has a projecting, flattened snout above which are two projecting oval eyes with deeply incised grooves separating them from the head. On the forehead of the animal is a small lozenge shaped panel with niello and inlaid, coiled silver wire, above which are oval ears with deeply punched or chip carved semi-circular motifs at their centres. The sides of the plate are scalloped with recessed oval fields in each curve and single longitudinal grooves forming borders on each side of the plate. Within the borders is a central decorative rectangular panel with niello and inlaid silver wire arranged in a series of spirals, their precise form uncertain due to the preservation of the object. The back face of the strap end is flat and undecorated and all surfaces have the remains of a dark green patina. It measures 29.48mm in length, 10.24mm in width, 2.31mm in thickness and 2.71g in weight.This strap end falls into Thomas' Class A Saxon strap ends and is further defined as a Type 1 strap end due to the shape of the plate, the zoomorphic terminal and the central decorative panel with inlaid niello (see Thomas, 2003: pp. 2, fig. 1.1). This indicates a date in the 9th century AD for the current example.
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