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Description: | Cast copper ally stirrup-strap mount of later 11th century date. The mount is flat and plate like with a large trefoil terminal at the top below which it expands out into a rectangular main plate. The trefoil top has a large central leaf with smaller points to either side, the right point is broken. In the centre is the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The front of the trefoil and plate are decorated with rough incised lines; lines follow the outline all the way around and there are short diagonals in the lower two corners and a double transverse line with diagonals between across neck between the trefoil and main plate. At the bottom is the remains of a small flange angled down and back, now mostly lost to old breaks. It is 50.1mm long, 31.7mm wide, 3.1mm thick and 19.65 grams.
While the exact form could not be paralleled in Williams (1997) study of stirrup-strap mounts the shape, rivet and remains of the flange are all consistant with this identification. Williams (pers com) suggsts it may be relatively late and debased. | Subjects: | Strap mount | 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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