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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-FE78A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast tongue shaped openwork strap end, Thomas Class E Type 2. A cast plate with two eccentrically positioned attachment holes at a lug at its straight (belt) end, and with two more at its edges. A step separates the belt end from the body of the plate which retains a further eight holes between elements of a presumably anthropomorphic motif. The object has a reddish tint typical of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork; abraded. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Length: 39.8mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 8.61gms.
Class: Thomas Class E Type 2
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
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.8 mm
Width: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 8.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30979
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: Stokeham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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