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Description: | Two joining fragments of a 7th century Early Medieval sub-triangular "pelta" shaped copper alloy plate mount, with Style I or II single-strand zoomorphic interlace decoration surrounded by a plain border. The flat edge of the pelta is broken off and the outer convex edge is also damaged. There are two integral spikes surviving on the reverse, in the corners at either end of the convex edge, and there would probably originally have been another spike at the flat edge. Length 28.44mm, width 43.74mm, thickness (including bent but complete spike) 6.2mm, thickness (not including spikes) c.1.8-2.3mm, weight 6.13g.
A similar, complete, mount from Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, is recorded on the PAS database, number DENO-954CA3.
See Webster & Backhouse, 1991, p56 no.39, and the British Museum' 1923 Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Antiquities p 87, fig 104, for other pelta shaped mounts. They are gilded copper alloy and thought to be casket or shield mounts. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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