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Re-evaluating base-metal artifacts: an inscribed lead strap-end from Crewkerne, Somerset

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2009

Gabor Thomas ,
Naomi Payne  and
Elisabeth Okasha
Gabor Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Naomi Payne
Affiliation:
Somerset County Museums Service
Elisabeth Okasha
Affiliation:
University College Cork
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Abstract

Strap-ends represent the most common class of dress accessory known from late Anglo-Saxon England. At this period, new materials, notably lead and its alloys, were being deployed in the manufacture of personal possessions and jewellery. This newly found strap-end adds to the growing number of tongue-shaped examples fashioned from lead dating from this period. It is, however, distinctive in being inscribed with a personal name. The present article provides an account of the object and its text, and assesses its general significance in the context of a more nuanced interpretation of the social status of lead artefacts in late Anglo-Saxon England.

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Research Article
Information
Anglo-Saxon England , Volume 37 , December 2008 , pp. 173 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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