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Description: | Early Medieval, cast copper alloy strap end of Thomas' Class A, probably Type 1, details of the Trewhiddle style decoration having been lost to corrosion. The body of the strap end is waisted, narrowing beneath the split end. Below this is an oval panel, separated from the split end by an incised, curved, line. On the oval panel is a recessed area that would have held the decoration, it appears to retain traces of a white substance (see FAKL-B26DC2). The animal head terminal is separated from the body by a transverse groove, the head is narrowed, with two shoulders on which the eyes were set. Two copper alloy rivets are present at the split end. The back is plain. Condition poor with much loss of surface. Now varnished. Length 36.8mm, Width 8.7mm, Thickness 2.3mm, Mass 2.95g.
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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