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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-D8FC88
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a copper alloy strap end consisting of the terminal in the form of an animal's head, its details obscured by corrosion. There a narrow waist between the terminal and the truncated main panel. This is marked with an incised saltire cross and a transverse line.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 2 (probably)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 5.2 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 0.81 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 079
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Market Weighton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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