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Description: | This is a 9th century copper alloy strap end. It would have had an animal facemask on the forward edge but is now truncated and encrusted in iron corrosion. There is a slot at the rear edge whereby the strap would be inserted and riveted into place, but the lower half of the slot is missing. Because the attachment end is encrusted with iron corrosion it is likely that rivets were made of iron. The design on the main plate is a geometric style of two opposing triangles that has a smaller triangle in the centre and a beaded band running around the middle. These are divided in the middle by a transverse band that has a beaded centre. On either side of each of the triangles are four small curvilinear animals. This style of dividing an area into equal fields is typical of the Trewhiddle style and makes this a Thomas class A, type 1 strap end which dates it from the late 9th- 10th century.
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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