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Description: | A roughly circular openwork mount in the form of a coiled serpent-like animal, the head and neck forming a projection. The head has prominent eyes and a snub nose. The neck runs into a spiral hip where the body bifurcates. The main body is intertwined with tendrils and is decorated with small pits which have been infilled with niello. Four rivets survive, each c11mm long, and there may have been more originally. These utilise the openwork holes, none of which seem specifically intended to take a rivet. Two of the rivets still retain sub-circular roves or washers about half of each of which survives. The back of the mount is concave. Below the head is a small knob, the purpose of which is unclear.Published in Medieval Archaeology 2005, 347-348; fig. 9b
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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