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Description: | A probable mount, made from copper alloy. The main body, which is flat, is the shape of an inverted teardrop, with a stylised human face. From the top of the face comes a short strip, rounded at the end and pierced at the end with a hole 2.2mm in diameter. To the left of the face is a small strip with a rounded end. There may have been other similar strips to the right and at the bottom. The strips and the face are all bent. The face is formed of raised lines, suggesting that the decoration was cast as part of the mount rather than incised. The face is formed by two oval eyes, wavy lines for hair, a long nose and possibly a moustache underneath, with diagonal lines on the cheeks. The metal has a greyish-green colour, and has corroded slightly. There are a few tiny traces of gilding on the upper strip around the hole. The style suggests an Anglo Saxon origin. Purpose is unknown.
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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