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STRAP END
Unique ID: BERK-C88078
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy early-medieval strap end of late 9th to 10th century date in the Carolingian style. The strap end is rectangular in plan and broadly in profile, with a deep stepped bifurcation with a separate covering plate, typical of the type. The flat plate that extends from the reverse of the strap end has two extant copper alloy rivets; the depth between the top of the strap end and the attachment plate suggets a strap of some thickness, with the rivets being 4.6mm high. The main strap end element is decorated with devolved acanthus decoration. The underside of the strap end is hollow. Similar examples recorded on this database are ESS-BE9A25,SF-1E8422 andSF1872.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Carolingian style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.1 mm
Height: 6.8 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Weight: 9.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014.784
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
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 1 metre square.
References cited
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