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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-6F6996
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy, Middle Saxon strap end, corroded with most decorative detail obscured or lost. Round-sided, tapering with two narrowed 'waists' towards the animal-head terminal. This retails some of its zoomorphic features; the bulging eyes and the shaping of the head. Behind the head are the traces of two 'U' shaped ears. The upper end of the strap end is bifurcated but is incomplete, the rivet holes being missing. The absence of decorative detail makes it impossible to classify this object further than Thomas' Class A. Length 44.5mm, Width 13.9mm, Thickness 4.8/3.0mm, Mass 8.13g.
Class: Class A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.5 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 8.13 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 286
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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 I | Lincolnshire | Finds Research Group AD 700-1700. | 2 |
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