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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy rectangular strap fitting of Early Early-Medieval date (AD 500 - AD 550). Length 22mm, width 27mm and 2mm thick. Weight 5.29g.The plate (or mount) is damaged and part of it is lost. The front has moulded decoration which is in the form of a raised border which is about 2mm in height and 1.5mm in width. The border encloses a concentric frame composed of a thin line of alternating beading and billets. Within this frame is a complicated design which incorporates three fairly disintegrated Style I animals. The animals are ranged around a central triangular cell, now empty, but would have originally contained a garnet. Unfortunately, most of one of the animals is lost due to damage. Each corner of the plate would have had a rivet. Two of the rivets remain in situ, one is separated from its broken and partial circular hole and the other is lost due to damage. The two surviving rivets as well as the loose rivet are dome-headed and have a diameter of about 2.5mm. The loose rivet is 7mm in length and the shank has a maximum diameter of 1.8mm. The rivet holes penetrate the edges of the plate and also parts of the complicated design, apparently without respect for the design. The rear of the plate is flat and plain and a small area has been polished recently. The burred over ends of the rivets on the rear are less than 1mm proud of the surface and may indicate that the material that the plate was attached to would have been very thin. The piece is generally corroded although small areas of a light green patina survive. Trace of gilding on the front only.
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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