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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-C91E59
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast openwork tongue shaped strap end, Thomas Class E Type 1, of 'Winchester style'. The object is split at the belt end, with one leaf lost. A ridge separates this attachment from an openwork panel with eight apertures, which is considered a typical degeneration from more coherent schemes of inhabited plant scroll. A series of rhomboid figures are discernible along the centre line. The metal now has a reddish tint typical of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork. The style was popular as far north as York. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Length: 51.6mm, Width: 18.0mm, Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 13.89gms.
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 1
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:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.6 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 13.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30391
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Buslingthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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