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STRAP END
Unique ID: GLO-E0322D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end that is rectangular shape with slightly convex edges and a pointed forward edge. The forward edge of the strap end has a crude animal facemask with a double row of three crescents behind. The decoration on the main body is on two parallel panels and may have consisted of geometric or interlacing patterns, but the design in now obscured by iron corrosion. Decorating at the rear consists of five small crescents forming a box pattern this is achieved by having two small crescents behind the main decoration followed by two at a 90 angle on both sides and a single crescent at the rear.
At the rear of the strap end id a V-shaped notch with two rivet holes for attachment.
This is a Thomas class A type 2 which dates it to the late 8th early 10th century,
Tomas G, 2005, Late Anglo-Saxon & Viking Strap-ends 750-1100 Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 32.
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Class: class A type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 875
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014 - Monday 1st July 2013
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
To be known as: Cotswolds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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