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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-22D7C9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas' Class A5 dating to the period c. AD 750 - 1000. The split end is incomplete due to old breaks. The plate is rectangular with a slightly tapering profile; the front exhibits a raised, incomplete panel of black niello with traces of a series of spiral grooves, possibly orginally inlaid with silver wire, although no visible trace of this survives. The strap end terminates in a moulded trapezoidal zoomorphic head which exhibits long ears, each with a circular recess at the top and a lenticular recess below, two circular recesses for the eyes and a pointed snout.
See: Thomas, G, 2003, p. 3 - 4.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 10 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th August 2018 - Sunday 26th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62980
Other reference: NHRG092018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Weasenham All Saints (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8420
Four figure Latitude: 52.74629446
Four figure longitude: 0.72455503
1:25K map: TF8420
1:10K map: TF82SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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