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Description: | Copper alloy Strap End. Cast strap end, Thomas Class A Type 2. A narrow plate bifurcated where the edges of paired stitching holes of diameter 2.5mm remain at the belt end. The worn remnant of an elongated beast snout terminal is flanked by worn irregularities on either side representing eyes or nostrils. An incised decorative scheme comprises curls behind the head, perhaps representing large ears to accompany the terminal, a field of fine cross hatch, and four or five crescentic figures, possibly stamped. These features all retain a pale green patina lost from the rest of the display face. The back is now plain, though there is the suspicion of linear features close to the stitched end. The form appears a slightly more elongated version of a locally common type. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850.Length: 46.3mm, Width: 11.3mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 4.80gms.
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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