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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-D617FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast elongated zoomorphic strap end with a rounded beast head terminal and a pair of attachment holes, now open. The plate bears a pelta shaped cell next to the attachment holes which may have contained a cross in whose upper angles the attachment holes lay, with a bordered panel of interlace ornament which may include the hind leg of a beast. The terminal bears large eyes flanking an ogival snout with small nostrils to either side towards its end. Thomas Class A Type 1. Darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 775-850.
Length: 33.6mm, Width: 8mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 1.59gms
Class: Thomas Class A Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 775
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.6 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35383
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Interlace
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9014
Four figure Latitude: 53.61482558
Four figure longitude: -0.64099692
1:25K map: SE9014
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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