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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-B633CE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast U shaped or tongue shaped strap end with a slightly thinned inner end with two drilled attachment holes of diameter 2.3mm, one torn. The display face bears a series of deep longitudinal grooves, though these seem to drift from the medial alignment and they might even represent entirely fortuitous damage. If these surface features are accepted as decorative, the object might bear comparison with Thomas Class E Type 3 strap ends. The distribution of these is biased towards the eastern Danelaw and the Irish Sea littoral Viking rule of the 'Kingdom' of York and Dublin over Lindsey, c.865-925, is also thought to be associated with other artefact types such as weights. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Length: 33.0mm, Width: 15.6mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 3.98gms
Class: cf. Thomas Class E Type 3
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: 33 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 3.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32254
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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