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STRAP END
Unique ID: SWYOR-EF83D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end dating from the late 8th to early 10th century. It is a Thomas Class A type 2 strap end, a type characterised by curvilinear or geometric patterns, and noted to dominate the cheaper end of the strap end market.
The strap end is cast from one sheet of copper but is split at one end to allow insertion of the strap. The back plate is missing and the upper plate is worn very thin. The strap end is a pointed oval in plan tapering to a flat-nosed zoomorphic terminal. The body of the strap end is separated into three panels of decoration; the zoomorphic snout terminal with large comma shaped ears, the central decorative panel containing a worn curvilinear design, and the trilobate palmette decoration round the two rivet holes at the open end. The end of the strap end is damaged and the rivet holes are missing. The reverse of the strap is plain and undecorated. See numbers 5-7 on page 3 of FRG Datasheet 32 by Gabor Thomas. The metal has a brown patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.79 mm
Width: 10.79 mm
Thickness: 1.53 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Wednesday 30th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1802
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Acaster Selby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5842
Four figure Latitude: 53.870975
Four figure longitude: -1.119398
1:25K map: SE5842
1:10K map: SE54SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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