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Description: | Fragment of Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end, relief-decorated (on both faces), tongue-shaped openwork (Thomas Class E, Type 1). The Winchester style openwork decoration, of which only the lower approximately half survives, is similar to a number of other examples with a symmetrical arrangement of confronted or addorsed birds or wyverns. Cf. Examples from Colkirk (HER 37130), Costessey (HER 28422), North Creake (HER 11707) and Suffield (NMS-E1A2B1). Extant length 27mm. Width 24.5mm. 3mm thick. Weighs 8.30g. 10th-11th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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