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STRAP END
Unique ID: LANCUM-0CEFA8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete cast copper alloy strap end dating to the medieval period, that isthe 14th century. It has nearly parallel sides, but an elongated triangular shape and a complete zoomorphic terminal. The object has a smooth dark brown patina and is in extremely good condition. There is only a small break at the socket end. The socket end has a rectangular cross-section with two carved grooves around the socket itself. There are two small rivets with circular heads still embedded in the hollow part of the strap end. The lower part which ends in the animal-head terminal appears to be solid cast. The animal head is complete. It appeared chip-carved with very angular ears, eyes and snout. It probably was meant to be a wolf.
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An example is known from Church Close, Hartlepool, there found in a late 14th- to late 15th-century context (Jackson in Daniels 1991, 371-371; fig. 23, no. 22).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.1 mm
Height: 6 mm
Width: 7.9 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 5.73 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Nether Poppleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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