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Description: | Early medieval Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper alloy stirrup mount, 11th century. Williams Class B Type 3 Group 1. Trapeziodal openwork mount with a single zoomorphic head (bat-like?) placed centrally in the lower half of the mount. Tri-lobed top edge with a row of three circular piercings below, followed by three rows of two piercings - the central pair are circular and pierce the large rounded ears of the zoomorphic head, while the remaining piercings are irregularly shaped). The prominent projecting head has large sub-circular eyes and is cut off below the nose, just above the flange. The flange is angled and has two rivet holes containing iron corrosion. Very worn with little detail visible. Length 38.03mm, width 30.70mm, thickness (overall, including flange) 11.2mm, thickness (not including flange, acros projecting head) 7.4mm, weight 22.47g. An identical (probably) mount is published in Williams 1997 ('Late Saxon Stirrup-strap Mounts' CBA Research Report 111, York) p90-1 no.420.
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