Record ID: LON-A548C3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval (late Anglo Saxon) copper-alloy zoomorphic strap end (750-1100 AD). This is a Thomas Class A, Type 5 strap end with a split-ended plate pierced by two rivet holes (one copper alloy rivet remaining in-situ), gradually tapering down to the zoomorphic terminal. Traces of leather or fabric appear to have survived between the split-end plate. There are three longitudinally-arranged parallel panels of black/gray niello with decorative silver wire inlay on the central section of the object. The inlaid decoration on the left and right panels are a simple wavy-l…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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