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STRAP END
Unique ID: SUSS-763F11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and corroded Early Medieval cast copper-alloy strap end of Thomas Class B type 1 (c. 9th century AD). This artefact has a wedge-shaped split end and tapers through the shaft to a zoomorphic terminal. The shaft has a more substantial rectangular section whilst the wedge-shaped split end is thin and flat in cross-section; the lower section has been lost in previous damage. At the wedge-shaped end, two rivet holes are visible, though the upper surface of the left side hole is missing. The wedge-shaped end is plain except for single lines abutting the exterior edges. From this the shaft extends and is decorated with two sets of bands formed from three incised horizontal lines just below the wedge-shaped split and above the zoomorphic terminal. The zoomorphic terminal is formed from multiple triangular cast detail. The reverse of this artefact is plain with a diagonal fracture from the loss of the lower split end, and has an overall light-green colour with areas of dark red-brown. This artefact can be broadly paralleled with Thomas (2003: 5, fig. 2, ref 13) although the rectangular section appears unusual.
Class: Thomas Class B, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 775
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.1 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 7.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas, G. | 2003 | Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part I | Lincolnshire | Finds Research Group AD 700-1700. | 5 | 13 |
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