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Description: | A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount from the 11th century (circa 1000-1100). The mount fit into Williams' Class A, Type 1 classification. The mount has the characteristic pentagonal form. The main plate of the mount is even apart from the engraved decoration on the surface. A lobed knops survives on either side of the mount above the rivet holes. A lobed knop also appears on either side of the apex loop, which is rounded, pierced and complete. Two lobes which would have sat either side of the mount at the widest point of the plate have broken off/ worn away. Two iron rivets remain in situ within the rivet holes. The angled flange is also complete. The reverse is undecorated. The copper alloy is a mid reddish-brown colour. The mount survives in a very good condition. Similar stirrup-strap mounts can be seen in Williams (1997), p27 -29 (Fig: 19 and 20).
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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