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STRAP END
Unique ID: BERK-C77E9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A middle to late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 2, split attachment-end with twin copper alloy rivets holes, now broken. The face is decorated with faint paterning now too worn to discern, but possibly involving curvilinear and geometric patterns. The worn animal-head terminal has engraved ears, and with twin oblique notches on both sides forming the stylised eyes. These strap ends dominated the cheaper end of the market (Thomas 2003:2) and can be dated to c. AD 750-950.
Class: Thomas Class A Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.7 mm
Width: 7.4 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.781
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Wallingford area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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