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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-03-31 11:45:33
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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
Description
English: A damaged and corroded copper-alloy strap-end, dating from Early Medieval period.

At the top is a damaged attachment, into which the now-missing strap would have slotted. There are the remains of two rivet holes in what remains of the back plate; the upper plate is entirely missing. The long sides of the strap-end converge towards a rounded terminal, where there is a crudely executed zoomorphic head. A pair of moulded crescents, each with a central pellet, represents the ears; the area below is less clear due to corrosion, but the eyes appear to take the form of punched arcs. The central area of the strap-end contains a decorative panel of uncertain nature. Within the recessed areas of the design, both of the central panel and of the terminal, there is a corroded white substance, which may be niello. The strap-end measures 30.3mm long, 11.7mm wide and 1.4mm thick. The weight is 2.07g.

This is an example of a Thomas Class A strap-end (see Thomas 2003: 2). The current suggested dating for Class A strap-ends is late 8th to late 10th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 775 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 434362
Old ref: BH-233174
Filename: Earlymed_strapend_11_15_5.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/322787
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/322787/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434362
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