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Description: | Part of an Early-Medieval copper-alloy strap-end.The surviving piece represents the central part of the strap-end and is of flat section, with outward bowing sides. Part of the split attachment survives at the top of the fragment. The upper surface bears an incised design in the form of an interwoven pair of spirals, with a vertical groove extending down the centre of the panel. Traces of silvering and, possibly, gilding remain of the upper surface.Length: 20.4mm; width: 12.3mm; thickness: 1.3mm; weight: 1.03g.This is an example of Gabor Thomas's Class A, Type 2 patterned strap-ends, a category dating from the late 8th to 10th century (Thomas 2003: 2). For similar examples of the PAS database, see BH-9CD474 and BH-F6F041.
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