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English: An early medieval (Late Saxon) strap end: An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Gabor Thomas Class A (type 1 or 2) of early medieval (circa 9th century) date. This example is rectalinear, with slightly bowed sides, but it lacks the characteristic zoonmorphic 'en face' head that forms the terminal on most examples of this type, and instead has a straight end. The obverse is decorated with an interlace motif, but it is slightly corroded, leaving the detail a little unclear. The interlace does bear some similarity with the Scandinavian (9th/10th-century) Borre style, but this may be coincidental. It is difficult to assign the strapend to either of Thomas's types A1 or A2. The interlace design present does not fit easily into the canon of Trewhiddle design characteristic of type A1, but is more ornate than commonly seen on strapends of type A2. The attachment end is split, and seems to have been secured with a pair of small rivets, though these are now lost. The strapend measures 26mm in length, 9mm in width, and 1.4mm in thickness, with a mass of 1.9g.