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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap end of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. One plate and the separately cast copper-alloy rivet survive, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The plate is flat, tongue shaped in form, with a single central circular rivet hole at the attachment end. This holds in place the separately cast rivet, which is cylindrical in form with flattened heads. The front face of the plate has extensive decoration. This comprises incised transverse grooves above the rivet hole, with a single row of punched crescents and a further band of transverse grooves below. Beneath this is a double row of opposing punched semi-circles, from which extend single vertical rows of punched crescents that run the length of each side of the plate. The back face of the plate is undecorated, but at its terminal end there are the remains of an added white metal, probably solder intended to hold the front and now missing back plates together. The entire object measures 35.43mm in length, 7.48mm in width, 1.06mm in thickness, and 1.29g in weight.This is an incomplete strap end of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. It finds parallels in examples published from Suffolk (West, 1998: nos. 32.5, 36.4; see also Marzinzik, 2003: p. 481, pl. 159) and is likely to date to the 6th century AD if not slightly earlier or later.
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