Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
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Unique ID: LEIC-1DD0CD
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Early medieval copper alloy strap end fragment, 24mm long, 9mm wide and 4mm thick with a weight of 2.56grams. The object represents the terminal of an Anglo-Scandinavian style strap end. It consists of a triangular cross-sectioned shaft which terminates in a triangular shaped animal head with rounded snout and rounded ears picked out by incised lines. There is damage to this section so further detail is not present. The two sections are divided by a double incised curved line. The object is a Thomas Class B, Type 4 strap end ( Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100,Part I, 2003, p.4). Thomas comments that the type was introduced during the latter 8th or early 9th centuries and remained popular into the 11th century. For similar examples seeYORYM-6F6590SUSS-CC45D4SF-3EEF26
Class: Thomas Class B, Type 4
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.56 g
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SP5490
Four figure Latitude: 52.50523126
Four figure longitude: -1.20586654
1:25K map: SP5490
1:10K map: SP59SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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