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STRAP END
Unique ID: CORN-3E59A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy strap end with a zoomorphic terminal and an expanded wedge-shaped split end with two plates and a single, central rivet between them. The animal-head terminal is quite clearly modelled and not stylised, with moulded crest at the top of the head, almond-shaped eyes, centrally ridged and upturned snout and rounded chin. The moulded crest defines the edge of the head and reserves it from the shaft of the strap-end. The shaft is triangular in plan and section, decorated on the top with a line of rectangles, ascending in size from the terminal towards the attachment end, within a triangular border. The triangular face descends downwards at an angle, from the back of the head to where the shaft steps down towards the riveted plate. On the side of the shaft are two grids of squares, presumably made to appear like scales en masse. The shaft is hollowed out underneath the strap-end, from the base of the chin on the head, to the edge of the shaft, where it narrows. Gabor Thomas (2003) illustrates a similar example on page 5, Fig.2, No.19, which is more stylised and diagnostic of the Late Viking Ringerike and Urnes styles, dated to the 11th century. Williams (2001) illustrates a similar example from Surrey, but more in structure than style, on page 319, Fig.6, No.54, which is Late Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 9th to the 11th century.
Class: Thomas Class uncertain
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 8.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th September 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Coberley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9616
Four figure Latitude: 51.842587
Four figure longitude: -2.059466
1:25K map: SO9616
1:10K map: SO91NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas, G. | 2003 | Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age strap-ends 750-1100. Part 2 | Finds Research Group 700-1700 | 5, Fig.2, | No.19 | ||
| Williams, D. | 2001 | Finds from Surrey 1997-1999 | Surrey Archaeological Society | 319, Fig.6, | No.54 |
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