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STRAP END
Unique ID: SWYOR-8ED868
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Anglo-Saxon strap-end dating to the 9th century. The strap-end measures 29.48mm in length, 14.32mm in width and 2.15mm in thickness and weighs 3.15g. The strap-end has slightly convex sides and tapers towards the zoomorphic terminal end. At the strap end of the object there are two rivet holes where it would have been attached to a strap, these are within small circular lugs that project slightly outwards from the main plate of the strap-end. The central plate or panel has an oval of decoration but it is unclear what this represents. The terminal is zoomorphic with a rounded nose and in the centre between the animals eyes, there is another rivet hole. The back of the strap end is flat and undecorated but all three rivet holes are visible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.48 mm
Width: 14.32 mm
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Weight: 3.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barmby Moor
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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