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Description: | The mount is sub-triangular in plan. Approximately one third is fold enclosing the reverse. This fold does not appear to be intentional. Two corners are missing, including the folded corner. These breaks are not recent. The complete corner has a small rivet hole, and a broken corner has an incomplete rivet hole along the break. The mount is decorated by a border of impressed high-relief pellets, which are concave on the reverse. One corner also has a larger impressed high-relief pellet. The exterior surface of the mount has a well developed shiny dark green patina, whereas the reverse has a matte dark grey/green coloured patina with traces of a black substance. The exterior has fine scratches which were probably made in antiquity as they continue over the fold. This surface has patches of active corrosion. The mount measures 65.49mm long, 35.47mm wide and 0.95mm thick. It weighs 13.51g.The mount probably decorated a substantial object such as a type of vessel or casket rather than a leather strap. Strap fittings tend to have integral studs, whereas this mount had separate rivets. The patina and style of decoration may suggest a Medieval or early Post Medieval date.
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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