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Description: | A cast copper-alloy medieval hooked mount with no rivets. The object is the suspension loop and decorative lower stop from a larger, unidentified object. The suspension loop is oval in cross-section. It appears to have been cast in two joined halves which have now split and diverge from each other. The stop is thicker than the loop and is broadly square in cross-section. It is faceted, and tapers to a zoomorphic terminal. The animal head has moulded ears and jaws, the lowermost perpendicular to the shank. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour with some areas of green bronze disease. The colour of the metal is consistent with gilding; only a trace now survives. Parallel artefacts can be found illustrated in Read (1995, 67-68; refs. 362, 363); they have also been recorded on this database, e.g. LIN-A0E1F5. | Subjects: | Hook | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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