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STRAP END
Unique ID: WILT-5D15DA
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Early Medieval (AD c.800-900) strap end. It falls into Gabor Thomas' (2003, 2) Class A Type 2: Patterned. It measures 50.60mm long, 17.50mm wide and 3.90mm thick. It weighs 8.85g.
The strap end has convex sides, a zoomorphic terminal with a rounded point, and a wider split end with two copper alloy (possibly tinned) rivets. The front surface is decorated with an engraved pattern of entwined plants or snakes (two larger and two smaller) around a vertical column or tree, within a border which follows the shape of the object. The zoomorphic terminal is moulded and represents an animal head with large round ears. At the other end, the rivets may form the eyes of another zoomorphic head, with the nose and mouth represented by engraved lines below. The surface has possibly been silvered. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 2
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.6 mm
Width: 17.5 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 8.85 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4228
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
To be known as: Damerham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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