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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-05-11 15:41:15
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Early Medieval strap-end (incomplete)
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of Late Saxon date.

The attachment end has been lost, the damage revealing that the strap end comprises two plates of equal form. The long sides are slightly bowed and converge towards the basal terminal. The upper surface is decorated with a crudely incised pattern of cross-hatching, which has created a panel of lozenges. A segmented transverse band separates this panel from a zoomorphic terminal, the latter of which is stylistically portrayed. A pair of recessed pellets at the top probably represents the ears; below this, on either side of the terminal, is a curved groove, probably representing the eyes; the nostrils are shown through the use of a second pair of recessed pellets at the bottom. The strap-end is corroded in places. It measures 25.3mm long, 8.6mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The weight is 0.5g.

This is an example of a Class A, Type 2 strap-end (cf. Thomas 2003: 2, fig. 1, no. 5). Class A strap-ends were probably first manufactured in the late 8th century, in some areas continuing until the late 10th/early 11th centuries.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 775 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 438368
Old ref: BH-5AB3E5
Filename: Earlymed_strapend_10_38_448.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/327030
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/327030/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/438368
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