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Description: | A copper alloy zoomorphic nail cleaner strap end dating to AD250-410.At the top, is a single plate (presumably there was a second plate forming the rest of the strap attachment which is now lost) with a rivet hole in the centre towards the upper edges (this extend beyond the back of the remaining plate and presumably attached to the backing plate). The copper alloy rivet is circular in section and has a domed head. There is a second centrally located rivet at eh bae of the single plate as it tapers into a solid short neck with bevelled edges. Below the neck, the strap end expands slightly with crescent-shaped lugs at the sides above the rounded shoulders of the central oval plate which has a rivet at its centre. Below the plate, a long, blade narrows towards the base before flaring out slightly at the base into a bifid terminal. The blade comprises around half the overall length of the strap end.The strap end is decorated with incised line and stamped elements. The edges of the top plate are decorated with a decorative line. Below the top plate, there is a saltire with sides curving in, pellets in the bottom three quadrants and the second rivet form the top pellet. The neck is decorated with vertical and horizontal lines and chevrons. The top of the blade section has a second saltire again with curving sides with pellets in the top three quadrants. The crescent shapes at the sides of the saltires together with their pellets give an impression of a zoomorphic horse head. The lower quadrant swells into the top of the blade which has circular and curvilinear decoration with pellets. The blade section is edged with a decorative line which finishes just above the bifurcation. The bifid ends are rounded. The back of the strap-end is almost flat (the blade curving back slightly) and undecorated.Dimensions: 910mm x 110mm x 30mm.Similar strap ends are illustrated in Eckardt, H & Crummy, N, 2006 'Roman' or 'Native' Bodies in Britain: The Evidence of Late Roman Nail-Cleaner Strap-Ends, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 25 (1) p 83 - 103. In terms of the proportion of blade to body and also decorative style this is most similar to a zoomorphic type no. 1138 (ibid p. 85, Figure 1).
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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