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Description: | An incomplete asymmetrical mount in the form of a protruding animal head terminal modelled in relief, at the end of a long neck of a Urnes-style quadruped which forms a spiral loop, so that in plan, the mount has the shape of a ragged edged rounded cornered lozenge, with a single long projecting knob (the zoomorphic head and neck). The body of the beast is interlaced around a central circular depression. There are two dome-headed attachment rivets, one on the outer edge of the mount furthest away from the terminal knob, and the other on the knob side of the central depression. When oriented obverse facing knob down, the left hand side of the mount exhibits damage of some antiquity the abraded edges of which have been smoothed over time. When viewed in profile the lozenge section of the integrally cast mount appears very slightly convex, the reverse is well finished, there is a slight indentation where the depression on the obverse plan is situated, and the rivet at the outer edge protrudes very slightly on the reverse view.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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