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Description: | Rectangular copper-alloy mount measuring 26 x 20 mm. It is flat, and has erratic relief, engraved and drilled dot decoration. There is a slightly wobbly transverse groove across each end, making a roughly square area in the middle. Outside each transverse groove is a line of drilled dots, with grooves linking these alternately to the edge and to the groove. In the centre of the square panel is a flat-topped boss, with grooves radiating outwards from it. Four pairs of grooves, with a ridge between, run outwards to four further flat-topped bosses, one in each corner; these are all rather irregular in shape. The ridges are cut into alternately three and four tiny pyramid shapes. In between, the grooves end in drilled dots, and there are occasional groove-and-dot motifs running the other way to fill in space. The long edges between the outer bosses have oblique edge nicks. On the reverse are two broken rectangular-section attachment spikes, one of which is long enough (total thickness 8.5 mm) to show that it is broken at a perforation. This is a mysterious object and we have not been able to find a parallel for its decorative technique.
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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