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Early Medieval silver Carolingian strap fitting
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Matthew Fittock, 2019-03-15 15:38:05
Title
Early Medieval silver Carolingian strap fitting
Description
English: An incomplete cast silver Carolingian-style strap-end dating to the late Early Medieval period (c. AD 800-1000). The strap-end is rectangular in plan and a hollow D-shape in section. The strap-end is thicker at the terminal, while the opposite end is thinner and has a sub-rectangular slot, presumably for attachment to a belt or strap.

The upper surface is decorated in high relief with cast floral design, divided into two long rectangular panels by a central rib with a longitudinal central groove and a double collar-like feature at one end (top as pictured). Either side of this is a plant motif, appearing to comprise a double-curved stem with an outwards-pointing trifoliate flower towards the attachment end of the strap-end, and an inwards-facing trifoliate flower at the terminal. Further irregularly-shaped linear mouldings appear between the stems and the long edges of the frame either side, and there are irregularly-shaped mouldings with grooves beneath the flowers on the lower edge.

Attached to the underside of the fitting is a thin silver plate with two circular-sectioned rivets at the attachment end, which is unevenly broken. This may be a later repair. Most of the recessed, and some of the raised, areas of the upper plate have a patchy mid-green and brown patina while the back plate has several blemishes and scratches across it.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 850 and 1000
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FindIdentifier: 944181
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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/1049753
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1049753/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/944181
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Object location51° 52′ 48.36″ N, 0° 03′ 34.08″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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