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Description: | A heavily worn copper-alloy sheet metal early-medieval strap end of Thomas classification Class A, Type 1. Dating roughly to the late 8th-early 10th century. The strap end has been made from two tapering plates of copper-alloy hammered together with a splt at the attachment end of the fitting. Two rivet holes are set in the split ends going through both plates, only one rivet hoel remains intact the rest are damaged. The decoration is incised on the front of the strap is very unclear, but appears to be dominated by a zoomorphic head, with vesica shaped ears just by the strap attatchment, followed by similararly shaped but smaller eyes and then a large pointed nose where the usual zoomorphic head is usually place (see attached drawing) The reverse is undecorated and. The metal is a coppery-brown mottled with light green. No clear parallels can be seen in: Gabor Thomas' Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age strap-ends 750-1100. Part 1, although parralels in shape and size are parraleled in Thomas Class A, types 1+2.Measurements: 42.81mm long, 15.48mm wide, 3.58mm thick and 4.75g in weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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