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Description: | A copper alloy hooked mount with traces of iron rivet. An angular shaped plate which appears to have been cut from sheet metal. It has a central lozenge-shaped panel with expanded lugs at each end and a hook at one. The proximal/attachment end has a V-shaped notch. The rectangular lugs project flush with the end of the mount from the sides and are forked at the ends with similar V-shaped notches. The central lozenge element is slightly bent. At the distal/hooked end the lugs also project from the sides, but are set back from the end of the mount. They are smaller than the others, but are similarly rectangular and notched. The distal end of the mount is narrowed into a tapering, flat ended hook. The front of the mount is decorated with chased zigzag lines which mainly form a framing band around the edges of the mount, but also form saltire crosses on the lugs and hook. In addition there is a chased zigzag line letter S in the centre of the lozenge element aligned on the longitudinal axis. At the prozimal end, between the lugs and at the apex of the V-shape notch is a small, circular hole with traces of iron corrosion from an attachment rivet. The back is undecorated. This may be a book or strap mount. Late medieval to early post-medieval. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hayward Trevarthen, Ciorstaidh - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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