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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-04-14 16:19:33
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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of Early Medieval date.

The strap-end is of thin section, has slightly convex long sides and is broken at both ends. The attachment is entirely missing. The upper surface bears an incised design, the main surviving element of which is a pair of circles (one incomplete), within each of which there is a double-stranded cross with concave arms and a central lozenge. Adjacent to the complete circle, the design changes to a panel containing two triangles, which probably represent ears in a stylised zoomorphic head. At this broken edge there is what appears to be the remnant of a central rivet hole, suggesting possible later re-use as a mount. The strap-end has a dark green patina and is corroded in places. It measures 35mm in diameter, 14.6mm wide and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 3.78g.

Although incomplete, this is probably a Thomas Class A, Type 2 strap-end (Thomas 2003: 2), dating from the late 8th to late 10th/early 11th century. A strap-end bearing a similar geometric design is held in the British Museum's collection (see Wilson 1964: 135/pl. XIX, no. 21).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 775 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 434383
Old ref: BH-240777
Filename: Earlymed_strapend_11_15_6.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/324616
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/324616/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434383
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