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STRAP END
Unique ID: DENO-A12ED5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval strap end (AD c.800-c.900), missing its attachment end. Overall, the object measures 28.5mm long, 11.9mm wide and 2.8mm thick. It weighs 3.66g. The strap end is tongue shaped and has a flat rectangular cross-section. It has a zoomorphic terminal, which is moulded and represents an animal head with large round ears. There is a decorative panel above it which appears to show an animal seated left in profile with its head turned to face right. The strap end is therefore a Thomas (2004) Class A Type 1 strap end, decorated in the Trewhiddle style. There is an iron rivet through this panel which may have been added later, perhaps as a repair.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 1
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.5 mm
Width: 11.9 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.66 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8116
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Rugby (District)
Parish or ward: Brandon and Bretford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3976
Four figure Latitude: 52.38065343
Four figure longitude: -1.42847222
1:25K map: SP3976
1:10K map: SP37NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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