Ingelheim strap end
In 1994, during archaeological investigations not far from the Aula regia in the imperial palace Ingelheim, a strap tongue with a Tassilo chalice style decoration was found, which was probably worn at the end of a belt of a Carolingian male costume. The find can be dated to the last quarter of the 8th century or the early 9th century AD. The strap end has a size of 89 × 15 × 3 mm and was made of copper with a fire-gilded surface. The decoration shows two dragon-like mythical creatures in a network of vegetable tendrils. Leaf tendrils can be seen on beveled flanks, which end at the tip of the strap tongue in figurative animal heads.
literature
- Holger Grewe, A strap tongue with Tassilo chalice style decor from the royal palace in Ingelheim am Rhein, in: Aspects of the archeology of the Middle Ages and modern times. Festschrift for Walter Sage , 2003, pp. 167–171