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STRAP END
Unique ID: BH-403F62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the Medieval period.
The surviving attachment plate has slightly damaged, straight sides which converge towards the bottom. Its edges angle downwards; this feature, in conjunction with the now-missing backplate, would have created a strap socket. Two copper-alloy rivets survive in situ and would have served to secure the strap in place. Immediately beneath the attachment, the strap-end narrows into the neck and outward-facing head of a zoomorphic creature. The height of the head increases towards the bottom and a series of incised grooves have been used to create stylised facial features.
Length: 28.2mm; width: 7.3mm; thickness: 4.1mm. Weight: 1.3g.
Parallels for this strap-end include PAS record BH-C52097 (Offley, Hertfordshire) and BH-B5EF33 (Great Billington, Central Bedfordshire). Such strap-ends probably date from the late 11th to 12th century.
Class: Thomas Class I
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1075
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.2 mm
Width: 7.3 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/31 - 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Princes Risborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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