Record ID: NLM-AB5CB1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: 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.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.