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STRAP END
Unique ID: SOMDOR-A84B73
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy, pointed oval strap-end. At the proximal end the plate is split in two (one side has broken off) and there are remnants of a circular attachment hole on the remaining piece. The strap-end tapers to a point distally. It is decorated with a zoomorphic design. The point forms the snout with cast decoration of eyes and rounded ears. Behind this, on the wider part of the plate, os a rectangular recessed panel with traces of linear niello inlay decoration. The panel ends where the plate splits at the proximal end. the back is flat and undecorated. There is a circular recess at the proximal end. The surface is worn and the detail rounded and slightly smoothed.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 2 (probably)
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 775
Date to: Circa AD 925
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.37 mm
Width: 15.13 mm
Thickness: 3.65 mm
Weight: 7.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Spetisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8902
Four figure Latitude: 50.81743902
Four figure longitude: -2.15751432
1:25K map: ST8902
1:10K map: ST80SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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