Record ID: YORYM-06F806 - EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end

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STRAP END

Unique ID: YORYM-06F806

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early-medieval : Strapend

An incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo-Scandinavian strap end. The strap end has a triangular attachment end, which is a notched terminal, the upper plate has broken off, exposing the lower plate. There are two rivet holes through the attachment end, neither retains a rivet. The main body then extends into a tapering sub-rectangular shape. It is decorated with three incised lines just below where the break has occurred on the upper plate. The terminal is rounded and does not have a zoomorphic end. The reverse is flat. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour. The strap end fits Thomas' classification Type B and dates from 700 - 1100.

Class: Thomas' classification Type B

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 30.8 mm
Width: 8.2 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
To be known as: Yapham

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd January 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]

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