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Description: | A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount. A Williams Class A type 12 openwork mount. A lozenge shaped mount with a flat base and the apex broken off. There is a central diagonal cross leaving four lozenge shaped apertures. At each junctioj of the cross and frame and at the centre of the cross is a projecting, sub-circular boss (seven in total) The frame and cross are decortated with a (slightly irregularly applied) double band of punched triangles outling the apertures. The backward projrcting flange at the base is slightly tapered and has a single rivet hole in the centre of the front edge. There is iron corrosion product around it.
Date: Late Early-Medieval - c. 1025 - 1100
Dimensions: 38.04 mm x 33.61 mm x 8.28 mm
Weight: 11.26g | Subjects: | type 12 Class A Stirrup strap mount Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hayward Trevarthen, Ciorstaidh - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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