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Description: | Late Early-Medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams' Class A Type 8 (1997). It is 48mm long and max.28mm wide.It is a sub-triangular mount with a large zoomorphic head terminal at the apex and smaller heads projecting downwards and slightly inwards either side of the base. These smaller heads are slightly different in shape, possibly through wear, one fo them having a sharp pointed nose while the other is more rounded. Much of the patina is missing of the whole object, and on these two smaller heads the remains of two elongated eyes and pointed ears can opnly just be seen. The head at the apex has a rounded snout but is also extremely worn and the eyes are not entirely obvious. An indentation in either side of the snout suggests flaring nostrils.Extending from the smaller heads is a limb and part fo the front of the body. Extending from the body is a wing, which reaches upwards to meet the bifurcated looping tendrils which extend belwo the larger head at the apex. Behind the snout and either side of the head the tendrils bifurcate and end in lobes. Above the rivet hole (4mm in diameter below the apex head) are two tendrils aneding in lobes with a projection between. There are two more rivet holes above the base 3mm in diameter.Although the stirrup strap mount is very worn, its design is not debased from the original design (Williams 1997 fig.32 no.130 from Cheriton, Hants). There is no trace of iron staining on the reverse.11th century.
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