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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of later Early Medieval date. The strap end is of Thomas' Class E, Type 2b and of anthropomorphic style. The strap end is a broad tongue shape with an openwork design with the rounded terminal now missing. The design is very worn but is of known type depicting a standing human figure with a round head, with a faint trace of punched dots for eyes, the figure has their arms outstretched to meet the sides of the frame. The latter half of the design is more difficult to interpret. The eith side of the torso of the figure is a single rounded lobe with a central depression and between these around the waist there are three raised pointed triangles, rather like flames or leaves. Below this the 'legs' of the man, apparently closed together and possibly standing on some sort of plinth are flanked to either side by elongated triangular wings with a central depression in each. the 'feet' of the figure are depicted by two round lobes each with a central depression or this may represent shackles at the ankles with feet below. The wings and design of the feet/plinth alternatively have a zoomorphic appearance of a a winged beast with an elongated head and snout - This apparent duality of interpretation may be intentional or purely incidental. The attachement end of the strap end is a flat-topped split terminal with the front plate decorated with two rows of ring and dot and the reamins of four rivets arrange in two columns, one to either outer edge. The metal has a mid greenish-brown patina. Strap ends of this type are dated c.900-1100. For similar objects already recorded on the database see: ESS-D83A75 and NMS-867771
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