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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-971BDD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. A very short strap end with a split inner end with two attachment holes; the sides have a single inswing just below the split end. cf Thomas Class A. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850
Length: 15.1mm, Width: 11.4mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 0.95gms
Class: cf. Thomas Class A
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 750
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.1 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 0.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2022
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM50283
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Ryther
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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