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STRAP END
Unique ID: LIN-4A9154
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a ninth-century copper alloy strap end. The fragment is flat and comprises part of the body. A chip-carved motif of a quadruped shown in profile is visible on the body. The motif appears to include the beasts back and perhaps a limb and claws. Both ends are incomplete.
pXRF analysis
| Sb | Sn | Ag | Zr | Bi | Pb | Hg | As | Au | Zn | Cu | Ni | Fe | Mn | V | Ti | ||||||||
| 0.09 | 11.797 | 1.979 | 0.008 | 0.164 | 9.641 | 0.594 | 9.736 | 21.008 | 0.298 | 41.998 | 0.036 | 2.19 | 0.091 | 0.066 | 0.292 |
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 0.94 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Torksey area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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