Record ID: NMS-C6C318
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unusual form of Late Saxon strap-end, probably a variation of Thomas' Class G (2004) FRG Datasheet 33, fig. 5 nos. 36-7. The upper part of the splayed split attachment-end is missing, with only a groove representing the base of the split surviving. Below the split, the plate is flat-sectioned with engraved bordering lines and a stylised animal head in high relief at the mid-point. The lower part begins to splay gently before the break, lower end missing. Extant length 27.5mm. Extant width 10.5mm. Thickness, at upper end 3mm, at head 5mm. 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C3918F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper-alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap-end with rebate at the attachment edge on one face for the missing separate sheet bar, originally secured by two rivets, surviving rivet-holes broken, rivets missing. The decoration consists entirely of sinuous foliage intertwined with gripping animals. Rather more emphasis is placed on the zoomorphic element. A complete example (with additional ring-and-dot) was found in Hillington (NMS-AC3D21, HER 39307) and a similar piece but more abraded was found in North Creake in 1992 (HER 11707) and fragmentary finds, of the atta…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Saturday 9th April 2022
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Record ID: BH-C2AAEA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy zoomorphic strap end dating to the early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) period. The object is tongue-shaped in plan and rectangular and slightly convex in section. At the upper end the plate bifurcates. Each plate possesses two circular perforations. The lower end of the object tapers to form a rounded terminal in the form of a moulded animal head. The upper surface of the object is decorated with an incised sub-rectangular field enclosing a hatched design of lozenges. Beneath this is a zone consisting of three rows of ribbing, followed by the terminal. The und…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-C19F47
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, late medieval - post medieval, box chape strap end, AD.1450-1550. The object is broken into two parts. The box chape is complete with two Iron rivets to hold the strap in place. The front face of the chape is decorated with a black letter inscription IHC within an incised border, this is set above triple ridges separated by two grooves. IHC is derived from the first three letters of Jesus' name in Greek. Below the boxchape there is a narrow neck ,which has broken. The second section is purely decorative and features three 10mm diameter concave roundels arranged in a tr…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2018
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Record ID: SUSS-C14176
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval to modern copper-alloy strap-end, dating to the period c.1700-1900. The upper portion of the object comprises a sub-trapezoidal plate with a circular knop on its top right- and left-hand corners, and a pointed-oval recess with openwork design consisting of seven perforations. Below this, the plate separates into three 'tongues', each of which is vertically split to accommodate the now-missing strap. The rear of the object is identically decorated. Length: 38.58mm Width: 36.51mm Thickness: 3.26mm Weight: 12.79g
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 14th June 2019
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