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STRAP END
Unique ID: BERK-8B01A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Early Medieval, 9th century, copper alloy strap end decorated with inlaid enamel. The strap end is double riveted, with flat, convex-sided shaft, animal-mask terminal and plain reverse. One iron rivet is present, the other is missing. On the upper surface there is a panel of Trewhiddle style decoration - an interlace, zoomorphic design with the remains of inlaid enamel. The edge of the split end has been moulded to form a scalloped edge.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 800
Date to: AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.45 mm
Width: 11.41 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Engraved
Decoration style: Interlace
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Bampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinton, D.A. | 1996 | Southampton Finds: The Gold, Silver and Other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects From Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence | Stroud | Sutton Publishing Ltd | pp40 fig. 16 |
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