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Description: | Copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, dating to the late Anglo-Saxon period (11th century) of Williams Class A, type 1. The mount is pentagonal in shape with small knops between six of the angles (one of these six is missing) and is slightly convex with an engraved design on the outer side which may have been inlaid. The strap mount has a 'stepped' flange (or tab) projecting at a right angle stepped slightly above the base of the mount. Just above the flange are two circular rivet holes, one of which still holds part of the iron rivet which would have attached it to the stirrup strap fitting. The decoration on the face of the mount is incised and punched with two stylised animal heads in profile in the Viking Ringerike style. The design incorporates curvilinear loops creating the animal's bodies and crest. At the top of the mount there is another circular hole, again where a rivet would have been used to attach the mount. The mount measures 43mm in length, 33mm in width and weighs 18.06g. A close parallel can be found in 'Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts' by D. Williams, page.30, Fig.21, No.27.
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