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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy spherical openwork decorative fitting (11th century). Kevin Leahy (Finds Advisor, PAS) states that these objects appear to be too fragile to be sword pommels and, as far as he is aware, no Medieval sword has ever been found or depicted with a pommel like this. It has been suggested that they were staff mounts but again this is uncertain. The object is a hollow sphere with regular lozenge-shaped perforations creating openwork decoration. At each point of the lozenges there is a raised pellet. At the peak there is an equal armed cross with a central raised pellet. At the base is a circular perforation. The overall shape is slightly distorted, possibly due to post-depositional damage and there are two fragments that have become detached from the object. The copper alloy has a pale green patina.
The decoration is very similar to Type 12 stirrup strap mounts that date to the 11th century (Williams 1997:72).
Dimensions: diameter: 36.59mm; thickness: 27.63mm; weight: 29.42g.
Reference: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. CBA Research Report III. Council for British Archaeology: York.
Identified by Kevin Leahy, PAS Finds Advisor. | Subjects: | Anglo Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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