Re-evaluating base-metal artifacts: an inscribed lead strap-end from Crewkerne, Somerset
Gabor Thomas|Naomi Payne|Elisabeth Okasha
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 manufacture personal possessions jewellery. This newly found strap-end adds to growing number tongue-shaped examples fashioned dating period. It is, however, distinctive inscribed with a name. The present article provides an account object text, assesses general significance context more nuanced interpretation social status artefacts
Anglo-Saxon England