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Description: | Cast copper alloy sub-rectangular stirrup-strap mount, probably of Williams’ Class B. The top of the mount is straight with a circular fixing loop projecting from the left corner. The right corner is damaged and the loop is missing. Beneath this the sides of the mount expand, forming a convex edge on the left side, the right side being damaged. There is then a rounded knop on either side before the sides begin to taper slightly to the base. At the base of the object is a sub-rectangular angled flange (angled at 45 degree angle to the mount) (L. 27.33mm. W. 7.43mm. Th. 3.75mm). There are two surviving iron rivets, surrounded by iron corrosion, arranged laterally on the flange. The main body of the mount has openwork and moulded decoration which is now heavily abraded. In the centre there is a moulded sub-rectangular element, possibly an animals’ head. On either side of this element is a sub-circular aperture, with two further sub-circular apertures arrange laterally beneath in the centre of the mount. Above this element there is an irregular, probably a series of three or more circular apertures now joined through wear. There is a groove extending longitudinally from the centre of the lower edge of this aperture, with two slightly curved grooves to either side. A lateral groove extends from the upper edge of the aperture to the left. The reverse is flat. There are slight traces of gilding around the edges of the two lowermost apertures. Mid-green and brown patina. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ellis, Jane | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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