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STRAP END
Unique ID: WILT-858B74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval/late Anglo-Saxon (AD c.750-c.1000) strap end, missing split attachement end and an unknown length of its body. It can be categorised as a Thomas Class A, Type 2: Patterned strap end (Thomas, G., 'Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1', FRG AD700-1700 Datasheet 32, p.2). Overall, the strap end measures 29.7mm long, 14.2mm wide and 2.0mm thick. It weighs 2.73g. The surviving end of the strap end is triangular. The wide end has a very worn break. The narrow end has a zoomorphic terminal. The front face of the strap end is decorated at the wide end with a central pair of incised longitudinal lines flanked by four incised crescents on each side. The zoomorphic terminal shows an en-face animal head, represented with a moulded narrow snout, triangular bulging eyes or ears and a triangular forehead.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 2
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
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.7 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.73 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4275
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: The Deverills
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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