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STRAP END
Unique ID: DOR-3A7FC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class B Type 2. A zoomorphic strap end comprising a narrow body with a wedge-shaped split attachment end. At the bilobed terminal of the attachment end are two large, dome-headed rivets set transversely. The wedge-shaped end is split to about half its length and the front is decorated with niello inlay in curving and interlacing Trewhiddle style (although what is depicted is difficult to discern). The lower half of the strap end is narrowed to a rectangular, D-sectioned bar with transverse grooves at the top and just before the moulded animal-head terminal. The head is moulded en-face with and incised V in the brow above the recessed eyes and a squared-off snout. The rear is undecorated. At the rear of the animal-head terminal is an area of iron concretion and iron staining which extends futher along the rear and side of the lower section of the strap-end. This may indicate some form of modification to the strap end.
Date: Early Medieval - c. 800 - 900
Reference: Thomas, Gabor 2003 Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750 - 1100 Part 1, RFG Datasheet 32, pages 4 -5, cf. figure 2, No. 14
Dimensions: 48.63 mm x 10.29 mm x 4.73 mm
Weight: 7.19 g
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Thomas Class B 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
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.62 mm
Width: 10.29 mm
Thickness: 4.73 mm
Weight: 7.19 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 018867
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tarrant Gunville (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9212
Four figure Latitude: 50.90741316
Four figure longitude: -2.1151508
1:25K map: ST9212
1:10K map: ST91SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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