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Description: | A cast copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon strap end of Thomas Class B Type 1. It is missing the outer edge of the attachment end due to old breaks and has worn surfaces but is otherwise complete. The split attachment end is triangular in form with flat front and back plates and a single central rivet hole. This holds in place a separately cast rivet with flattened circular heads. Beneath the attachment end the object narrows horizontally and thickens to an elongated oval sectioned plate that is rectangular in form. This has moulded decoration on the front face comprising a series of five transverse grooves, at the base of which is a transverse moulded ridge. Beneath the ridge the plate has a short and flattened semi-circular terminal. The entire object measures 38.85mm in length, 8.07mm in width (at attachment end, 4.99mm at plate), 2.57mm in thickness (at attachment end, 4.85mm at plate), and 4.48g in weight.This is a cast copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval date. Its split attachment end, tapering plate and simple, stylised transverse grooved decoration indicate that it falls into Thomas' Class B Type 1 strap ends (Thomas, 2003: p. 4). This group typically has a southern and south-eastern distribution and indicates a date range for the current example in the 9th-11th centuries AD.
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