Record ID: NMGW-0D50A3 - EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end

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Strap end

Unique ID: NMGW-0D50A3

Object type certainty: Certain

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Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy Saxon strap end, probably dating to the 9th Century AD, and belonging to Thomas’ Type A. The strap end is made on a strip of sub-triangular copper alloy sheet, with a single copper alloy rivet employed to secure the strap. The face is decorated with an eroded zoomorphic terminal before a panel, split along its length by an incised line, each side containing two short arcs. The greater part of the face is made up of panel containing an incised diagonal cross, the arms of which are in-filled with transverse lines. A further incised line containing transverse marks, arcs between the top arms of the cross. The rear of the strap end is plain.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 800
Date to: AD 899

Dimensions and weight

Length: 27 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South West
County: Wiltshire
District: North Wiltshire
Parish: Sutton Benger

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2003

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA 2003.172.3

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