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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-9D87B4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Early Medieval, cast copper alloy strap end of Thomas' Class B Type 4, 'multi headed'. The upper part of the body is oval and plain but for incised lines down each of its edges. Below this the body narrows to for a rod-like bar decorated by two animal's heads, one at the junction of the two sections represented by two eyes set on low projections. At the end of the rod the other animal's head is marked by an increase in width, two deeply drilled eyes set on low bosses and surrounded by pairs of angled, parallel lines. Two nostrils are shown on the nose. Between the heads are two bands of three transverse grooves separated by a plain zone which might have born incise longitudinal lines. Through the split end are two rivet holes, both now empty. Condition fair with much loss of surface. Length 38.2mm, Width 10.6mm narrowing to 5.5mm. Thickness 3.0mm, Mass 2.39g.
Class: Class B Type 4
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.2 mm
Width: 10.6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 301
Materials and construction
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.
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