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Description: | Cast copper alloy Medieval bar mount in the form of a large central oval flanked by two squares. The oval central part is domed with a concave back and decorated with 5 transverse grooves with some cross grooves at one end and further transverse gooves across the necks between the central section and ends. The square ends are also domed and each contains a seperate circular sectioned rivets. The rivets are held in place by what apears to be solder and have slightly flattened ends suggesting they were used. There is also traces of white corrosion porducts from solder in the back of the central section. It is 19.5mm long, 9.9mm wide and 3.7mm thick, 5.9mm including the rivets; it weighs 1.81 grams.
This form of belt mount was very popular in the medieval period and was in use from at least 1150-1450 AD. (Egan and Pritchard 1991: pp26 and 214). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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