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Description: | A copper-alloy plate from an early-medieval to medieval strap-end.The upper surface of the U-shaped piece is decorated by a pattern of foliate scroll, the tendrils of which spring outwards from either side of a central column. An inverted-triangular arrangement of iron rivets interrupts this design, and the reverse of the plate displays what appears to be a textile impression. The irregular nature of the horizontal top side suggests that the piece may have been broken off a larger plate and then re-used.Length: 22.3mm; width: 21.1mm; thickness: 1.5mm. Weight: 2g.This is an example of Gabor Thomas's E1 strap-ends, a well-represented class in the author's corpus and characterised by the typical tongue shape and the presence of 'Winchester' style decoration, which, as in this case, is often devolved in nature (Thomas 2004: 2). The proposed date for such pieces is 10th to 11th century (Geake 2001: ill. 11).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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