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Description: | Copper alloy strap end. Cast trapezoid plate with a flat wide end and curved at its narrower end where a slightly flattened round knop appears at the end of a narrow oval section lug. Both sides of the plate bear incised curvilinear ornament accompanied by curved and comma shaped indented panels filled with fine cross hatch. A similar subject is depicted on both sides: viewed upright this appears to include a draped figure to the left standing on a zig-zag crenelated surface, and panels of cross hatch to the upper right. The right field in both cases is subdivided by curved lines, and another indented panel lies below both the figures: in one case this is a crescent with horns downwards, and on the other an angled indentation filled with a finely incised grid pattern. The complex composition recalls illuminated works of the later 7th and 8th centuries, though an Irish origin might also be considered. There appears no provision for attachment though the object is complete. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-750.Length: 39.1mm, Width: 16.4mm, Thickness (plate): 3.5mm, Diameter (knop): 7.6mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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