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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-06-15 16:40:08 |
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| Title |
Early Medieval strap-end |
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| Description |
English: A copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the Late Early-Medieval period.
The strap-end is roughly rectangular in plan, having slightly truncated, rounded corners. At the top is a plain transverse band, at each corner of which is the remains of an iron rivet. The design which occupies the remainder of the upper surface is contained within a ridged border. The relief-moulded pattern is geometric in nature, with a hexagon and internal saltire overlying three vertical ridges. At each corner within the design there is a moulded lobe. The strap-end is cracked and corroded. It measures 32mm long, 19.8mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 7.56g. This strap-end is categorised as a Thomas Class E variant (Thomas 2004: 1-3) as it lacks the defining 'tongue' shape. The geometric design is probably derived from the Anthropomorphic style of Thomas's Type 2 (cf. ibid: fig. 4, no. 26). According to Mitchell "This form of strap-end was popular on the Carolingian continent and in Scandinavia during the 9th and 10th centuries, where one of its regular uses was to embellish baldrics (Mitchell 1994, in Thomas ibid: 1). |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Hertfordshire | ||
| Date | between 800 and 1000 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 444677 Old ref: BH-0DBE37 Filename: Earlymed_strapend_11_62_146.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/332546 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/332546/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/444677 |
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