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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-C7C1B0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Saxon front plate of a copper alloy tongue-shaped two-piece sheet strap-end with round rivet hole near attachment edge, which is decorated with six shallow nicks. Below the hole decoration consists of an engraved saltire between a single and a pair of transverse engraved lines, and of a row of punched dots along the sides and around the terminal. Width 16mm at the attachment edge from which the sides taper gently. Length c.52mm (distorted). Saltires are commonly found near the broad end of such objects. This piece is a large example. 6th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 500
Date to: AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52 mm
Width: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st October 2002
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 41919
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Burnham Thorpe
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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