Record ID: NARC-101C32
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Strap End of Late Roman date (AD 350-410). The object is an amphora shaped strap end and has a rectangular cross section and is sub-rectangular in form. The upper portion is a tapering rectangle with a split end and retained circular iron rivet. Below the rivet the upper portion is bevelled at its edges. At the lower end the upper section tapers in and fares out into a leaf shaped plate with a circular knop to either side of the upper end. The plate tapers in toward the terminating end and ends in an abraded transverse break. The upper face is decorated with…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-0FFAA3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite tongue-shaped strap end with full-width spacer. Two copper alloy rivets, one through the knop and one near the attachment edge. Opposed cut-outs before the knop there are five cut-outs on both sides, small rectangular, large rectangular, two small V-shaped and a another large rectangular. At the knop a fourth element with a transverse groove above opposed semi-circular notches is attached to the front with a rivet. The strap end is covered in iron staining and corrosion. Length 59.5mm. Width 10mm. 3.5mm thick at terminal knop. Cf. Margeson 1993, no. 234…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: NARC-0FF365
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy Strap End of Early-Medieval date (AD 875-1100). The object is of openwork design in the Winchester style, with both zoomorphic and plant-scroll decoration. The object is U-shaped and moulded in the round, with a recessed flat end with three circular perforations equally spaced along it. The moulded decoration takes the form of two vertically-arranged birds, facing each other with a plant of three stems between. Each snout curves upwards to form the lower outer edge of the frame. The remaining central upper portion depicts the sub-ovate head of a serpent or b…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
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