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Description: | Early Medieval copper alloy strap end, 32mm long, 11mm wide and 1mm thick. It is in fair condition and weighs 2.64grams. The strap end is rectangular in section and sub rectangular in form, having bowed long edges. It is decorated with a three dimensional animal head terminal with circular depressions for eyes and large rounded ears above its rounded head with prominent snout. The object is cast in one piece with a slit to accomodate a strap in its upper end which also contains two round rivets holes which form a scalloped upper edge. The surface is decorated in debased interlace arranged into four panels, two large semi-circular ones along each long edge and two triangular ones filling the remaining space.
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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