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Description: | Early medieval copper alloy strap end fragment, 30mm long, 22mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 7.26grams. The object has a rectangular form and cross-section and represents the upper part of the strap end, with a recessed, plain upper portion sitting above a raised collar. Below this the object contains two sub circular holes side by side. It has a further central hole lower down and between the upper two. Either side of this hole are diagonal incised lines, splaying and running outwards towards the edge, which would appear to represent debased foliage. Below this point the object is damaged, but what is left of the decoration appears to repeat that present above. There is a central projection flanked by now triangular holes and it terminates with the trace of a third, lower, central hole.This object is a good example of a Thomas Class E1 strap end, dating to the 10th and 11th centuries. It is part way between the detailed foliate engraved examples and the simpler debased decoration. It is one of a few found in Leicestershire and is similar to LEIC-9C16D7
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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