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Description: | A copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the Middle to Late Early-Medieval period.The strap-end is of flat section, bifurcating at the attachment end. This attachment, located at the top, comprises two plates (the upper slightly damaged) with a scalloped top side and two rivet holes below, separated from each other by the central strap slot. Iron corrosion surrounds the opposing rivet holes, with a pelta-shaped symbol incised below those on the upper surface of the strap-end. The outer sides of the body bow outwards slightly, before converging towards the basal terminal. The upper surface of the body is occupied by an incised panel of decoration. The exact nature of this design is unclear, but it appears to depict a pair of entwined beasts. Patches of niello survive in the recessed elements of the design. The terminal takes the form of a forward-facing, heavily stylised beast with two sub-oval ears at the top, hollow cheeks, a squared off nose and an incised double chevron for the brow.Length: 46.5mm; width: 11.9mm; thickness: 3.8mm; weight: 6.3g.This is a typical example of Gabor Thomas's Class A strap-ends, the most common of all his categories. This group is thought to have originated as early as the late 8th century; their use was certainly widespread by the 9th century and in some areas they probably appear to have remained popular into the 10th. Although difficult to decipher, the decoration on this piece would appear to be typical of the Trewhiddle style interlace often seen in Class A, Type 1 strap-ends (see Thomas 2003: 2).
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