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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-AB5CB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast strap end of elongated oval form with its broader end split and the other bearing a knop or terminal derived from a beast head, Thomas Class A Type 2. The field afforded by the display face bears a dense complex of incised floral palmate motifs, usually trilobate, with several thin coils of black material, possibly niello, as relicts of a formerly more extensive scheme of inlaid decoration, and with a curl or spiral motif at the broad end. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850.
Length: 48.5mm, Width: 13.9mm, Thickness (plate): 1.4mm, Weight: 3.54gms.
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: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.5 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 3.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27348a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Langham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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