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Description: | Decorated cast copper alloy strap fitting with a pair of folded back suspension loops which are now incomplete (the breaks are old). The length 23.6mm, width 11.7mm and thickness 2.8mm. At the back, near the top, is an integral spike, square in section, and 8mm in length, which has part of a small piece of perforated ?sheet copper alloy attached at its end. The front of the mount is slightly convex and the back is flat. Decoration on the front is in the form of an engraved voided saltire cross enclosed by an engraved line around the edges of the face of the mount. Between the face and the suspension loops is a small area similarly engraved in the form of a square. Traces of gilding survive on the front.
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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