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STRAP END
Unique ID: SF-4A367D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap end of G Thomas Class A, Type 2. It is missing part of the attachment end due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat and triangular. The attachment end is split. The front face is decorated with an incised border that contains incised cross-hatched decoration. This extends towards the base of the plate where there is a moulded zoomorphic terminal. The terminal comprises a series of three unevenly punched semi-circular motifs. Beneath this is a projecting zoomorphic head with an elongated, faceted snout.
This strap end measures 42.67mm in length, 9.85mm in width, 2.15mm in thickness,5.37g in weight.
Its form and decorative elements indicate it belongs in Thomas's Class A strap ends with convex sided plate and zoomorphic terminal, the lack of enamelling or niello suggesting it falls into his Class A Type 2 strap ends (Thomas, 2003, p. 2). There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF-ACC0D3).
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.67 mm
Width: 9.85 mm
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Weight: 5.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Redgrave
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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