2024-03-28T12:53:47+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/662473662473SF-620536PAS54C620530016BASTRAP END24.9511.451.081.0411UNKNOWNAn incomplete cast copper-alloy strap end of uncertain Early-Medieval to Medieval date. Only the terminal end survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is flat, triangular in form, and tapers to a pointed tip. The front face has incised decoration. This comprises double vertical grooves along each edge of the plate, truncated at the terminal end by at least two transverse grooves. At the centre of the plate between the double borders are the remains of double wavy or zig-zag lines with a vertial row of punched dots between them, possibly the remnants of a zoomorphic or anthropomorphic motif, but its precise form is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. It measures 24.95mm in length, 11.45mm in width, 1.04mm in thickness, and 1.08g in weight.
This is an incomplete terminal end of a probable strap end. It might plausibly date to the later Anglo-Saxon period, although given its preservation it might equally be of later, Medieval date. 2015-01-26 11:09:072015-02-11 17:36:05412014-12-011Certain114729PAS54C620530016BA7111SFCopper alloy10627CastFragmentEARLY MEDIEVALEMx41022p0gjgrshhcwMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMetal detectorCircaCirca64077115934153361550841425Restricted AccessTM3045TM34NWSutton26347775101502904SUT_SF620536.jpg247290Strap endSuffolk County Council4images/abrown/EasternCharacter undeterminedCultivated landEuropean RegionCountySuffolkDistrictSuffolk CoastalCivil Parish52.07041.36406Restricted AccessReturned to finder140465