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Description: | A cast copper alloy strap mount. In plan the mount has an sub-square body with a triangular apex along the upper edge. The base has an inverted ??T?? shape protruding from it. The upper surface is decorated with crescentic grooves pn the side panels of the body, and radiating grooves along the lower horizontal bar. There are two circular perforations, one in the centre of the horizontal bar, and the other at the apex of the upper edge. Each perforation has the remains of a copper alloy rivet protruding on the reverse. The reverse of the body is flat. The surface of the mount has a dark green patina. The mount measures 21.51mm long, 14.44mm wide and 4.73mm thick. It weighs 2.4g.
Egan and Pritchard (Egan G. and Pritchard F. 2002 Dress Accessories Boydell Press) illustrate similar mounts with perforations for rivets and with grooved decoration, for example Nos. 1084, 1083 and 1270. These mounts date to the late 12th to 14th centuries. | Subjects: | Mount | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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