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Description: | Copper alloy strap end. Cast tongue shaped openwork strap end, Thomas Class E Type 2. A cast plate with two eccentrically positioned attachment holes at a lug at its straight (belt) end, and with two more at its edges. A step separates the belt end from the body of the plate which retains a further eight holes between elements of a presumably anthropomorphic motif. The object has a reddish tint typical of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork; abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.Length: 39.8mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 8.61gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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