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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-555126
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper-alloy tongue-shaped strap-end with punched, openwork and moulded decoration, outside edge missing. The split end at the attachment edge is rectangular and decorated on both faces with eight punched ring-and-dots arranged in two neat rows. Two rivets pass through two of the dots. The main part depicts a grotesque creature, to be viewed with the attachment edge uppermost. The details are in relief on the front face, with blind drilled holes for the eyes and in rounded lobes on the sides. On the reverse the creature's head and arms are mirrored by concavities. Thomas 2004 Class E Type 2, sub-type (b)iii. Dimensions of length >38mm and width 27.5mm. Dates to the 10th - 11th century.
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 54017
Materials and construction
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 |
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