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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-B2FD86
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Early Medieval, copper alloy strap end, which does not fit into Thomas's classification but is best seen as a variant of his Class A. The body is oval, but from it projects a D-sectioned bar around which are two transverse mouldings. On the body is a panel of niello inlay. Trewhiddle style decoration consists of an animal, facing towards the strap end's split but with its head turned back over its shoulder. Some niello survives. Only one rivet was used, set within a plain rounded area; there are two indents on the upper edge of the split end. Condition good but some detail is obscured by varnish. Length 27.5, Width 8.5mm, Thickness 2.5mm, Mass 2.07g.
Compare YORYM-198D4E, and a find from York which has similarities (Thomas 2000, no. 258, fig. fig. 3.1E).
Class: Thomas class A
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 2.07 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 308
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
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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