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Description: | The object appears to be an Iron Age mount, made from cast copper alloy with an iron fixing stud. In plan the mount is triangular, with relief decoration on one face. The decoration is moulded, and has a central circular boss, which stands proud from the rest of the mount. This central boss has the terminal of the iron stud visible, but the stud is flush with the boss. Surrounding the central boss are three high-relief crescents with deep fields either side, forming an inner circle. The corners of the mount have two elongated crescentic shapes which meet at the inner circle of crescents. The void within each corner is an inverted pyramid shape. One void has a small unintentional hole at the base. The reverse is flat and has iron staining over most of the surface. Otherwise the mount is heavily abraded and only has traces of a dark green/brown coloured patina. The mount measures 40.0mm long, 40.1mm wide and 11.9mm thick. It weighs 33.15g.
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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