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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-BADF16
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap end of Thomas 2004, Class E, Type 1, in very abraded condition with the outside edge missing (ancient break). Both faces are decorated in relief in the same manner as those recently described truncated examples (Naylor 2013, 278-80), but this piece has been broken above the point at which those terminate. There are two rivets through the split end and eight extant apertures. Extant length 29mm. Width 19.7mm. 10th century.
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Monday 24th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30883
Other reference: BM032014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: near Fakenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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