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Description: | Cast copper alloy strap end dating from the early medieval period, that is c. AD800-1100. It is a strap end of Thomas Class A1. The strap end is complete except for one of the halves of the split end. While the upper part of the strap end was 'split' to receive the leather strap (which was attached with two small rivets, now missing), the lower part was cast solid with what was probably chip carved decoration that received niello inlay (does not survive). The reverse half of the split end does ntor survive. The reverse surface is plain and smooth while the obverse is well preserved and decorated: the decoration consists of a panel which possibly displays a curled up dragon or other mythical creature or possibly a snake. The strap end terminates in what looks like a moulded stylised animal head.
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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