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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: SF6617

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Small strap-end made from two pieces of copper-alloy sheet. One end is 7 mm wide and cut straight across, and here the two pieces are held together by a single copper-alloy rivet. Both sheets then flare slightly to 8 mm wide, and one is decorated with a longitudinal row of four ring-and-dot motifs. The end is then cut into three facets, two at an angle and the central one straight across. The decorated sheet has three small nicks in the edges of the two side facets. Although there is no obvious means of joining the two sheets at this end, it is possible that they could have been soldered together. The strap-end is hard to date, but could well be early Anglo-Saxon.

Class: strap end

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 410
Date to: AD 720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.47 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2001

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's number 2909

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK CODDENHAM

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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