File:010D81. Early medieval strap fitting (FindID 83218).jpg

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010D81. Early medieval strap fitting
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2007-08-21 09:47:25
Title
010D81. Early medieval strap fitting
Description
English: A rectangular copper alloy plate with a flat back and recessed front. The front is decorated with carved decoration of a triple strand, interwoven zoomorphic design. Two animals are depicted with their heads at diagonally opposite corners into which they face with their jaws open. Below each head is a limb with rounded shoulder, angled elbow which ends in a paw with toes curled upwards.The bodies are triple stranded and form into simple loops. They termiante in a transverse triple strand bar.In the centre are two forther shapes which may represent other elements of the animals' bodies.There are traces of iron corrosion around the outer edges of the object. The front surface is gilded.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 520 and 570
Accession number
FindID: 83218
Old ref: SOMDOR-010D81
Filename: 010D81.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/147715
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/147715/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/83218
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 16 November 2020)
Object location51° 07′ 42.96″ N, 2° 56′ 32.24″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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