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Description: | Copper alloy stirrup strap mount. The mount is of Williams' Class A Type 6, characterised as squat broad-shouldered mounts with zoomorphic apex terminals. One lower corner is damaged, the break being worn. Both rivet holes (one of which is only partially present) are empty, and there is no trace left of the iron stirrup on the reverse. The mount measures 46.55mm by 30.11mm and is 10.88mm thick (including the flange). The mount weighs 23.31g. Mounts of this type date to the 11th century AD.
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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