File:Early medieval strapend of copper alloy, Late Saxon Thomas A1 with zoomorphism and Trewhiddle style ornament (FindID 188288).jpg

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Early medieval strapend of copper alloy: Late Saxon Thomas A1 with zoomorphism and Trewhiddle style ornament
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Northamptonshire County Council, Steven Ashby, 2007-08-05 00:44:54
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Early medieval strapend of copper alloy: Late Saxon Thomas A1 with zoomorphism and Trewhiddle style ornament
Description
English: A Late Saxon strap end of Gabor Thomas' Class A type 1, dating to the period around the 9th century AD. It has a bow-sided profile with mousehead terminal, and has a straight-edged, split attachment end, secured with 2 copper alloy rivets (one now lost). The obverse is decorated with an incised curvilinear zoomorphic pattern in the Trewhiddle style, consisting of intertwined stylised animal motifs. The reverse is blank. The strapend measures 29mm in length and 13mm in widt. It has a maximum thickness (close to the split end) of 1.5mm, and weighs 2.8g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 800 and 900
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FindID: 188288
Old ref: NARC-E38D44
Filename: NARC-E38D44 b hughes nice strapend.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/146596
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/146596/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/188288
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Object location52° 33′ 45″ N, 0° 46′ 09.4″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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