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Description: | Incomplete forged sheet silver strap end, triangular in plan, rectangular in profile and trapezoidal in section. There is incised cross hatching in two rhomboidal zones on the upper face, below each of which is an engraved Y-shaped motif. The strap end then tapers towards a terminal with three parallel lines within an incised triangular cell above the terminal knop. The knop has a conical profile with lozenge-shaped indents, perhaps representing an animal head. The strap end is broken at the opposite end where there was likely a rivet which would have attached to the leather strap. The strap end has been bent into an S-shape since it has been broken, but would have originally been flat. There are also areas of recent scratching on the upper surface. The strap is now 74 mm long, 7.6 mm wide and 2 mm thick, and the knop is 6 mm long, 5.5 mm wide and 5 mm thick.Mills (1999) illustrates a similar narrow silver strap end with a terminal knop on page 20, Fig.NM.26, which is dated from the 14th century.Egan & Pritchard (1991) illustrate a narrow solid forged iron strap end with a similar section and an acorn knop on page 131, Fig.85, No.607, which is dated from c.1350-1400.Murawski (2000) illustrates a similar silver strap end with incised cross-hatching within a triangular cell and an acorn knop on page 222, No.M12-0102, which is dated from the Medieval period.
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