Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-8E1598
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Cast strap end, cf. Thomas Class A Type 2. A convex sided plate which is waisted towards its split end, which bears a pair of drilled fixing holes of diameter 2.3mm with a smaller hole between and in front of them of diameter 1.5mm. The pointed terminal is now plain but retains indistinct traces of surface relief. Between the terminal and the waist is a panel of crudely hatched inlay forming four rough saltires bounded by a similar border. It is uncertain whether this piece should be associated with Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian activity; this reporter would welcome better informed comment on this point. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-950.
Length: 46.7mm, Width: 9.4mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 5.97gms
Notes:
The finder suggests this to be part of an assemblage amounting to c.5% of material recovered from an extensive site, the rest being removed illicitly without record. Archaeological opinion holds the site to have been of equivalent character to Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, in terms of its material culture. Coins are under-represented in the group.
Class: cf. Thomas Class A Type 2
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 950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.7 mm
Width: 9.4 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 5.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Sunday 31st December 2000
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37179
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Interlace
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with metal
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: NLM-A81FF9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Copper alloy strap fitting. Cast oval loop with an integrally cast trapezoid plate. A rivet of diameter 2mm and length 5.1mm passes through t…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-286B59
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Copper alloy unidentified object. A sub-rectangular flat-sided billet of abraded copper alloy, probably cast. One side bears three or more sm…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: NLM-8E22A7
Object type: STRAP END
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Copper alloy strap end fragment. A sheet metal plate with converging sides and a rounded end; broken at its wider end. The display face bears…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618