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Description: | A gilded copper alloy mount in the form of a disc with five integral rivets on the reverse. These are arranged with four rivets (up to 6mm high) equally spaced on the edge and one in the centre. One of the rivets has a flattened circular head. The mount is bordered by a plain raised circular ring with an outer flange. There is a small central raised circular ring with a circular border around it. The decoration of the main central area has been silvered then gilded, possibly with the intention of creating contrasting coloured areas. The centre of the inner circle also appears gilded but the raised circle around this does not appear to have a metallic coating. The zoomorphic decoration is in the form of a repeating circular pattern consisting of six animals (or birds) interlinked by grabbing the middle of the body of the next animal in their jaws. The animals have elongated oval bodies and circular heads with a pellet eye. The jaws are open and slighly curved. They have two prominent legs, one in front and one behind, with three long claws. The front leg is bent. Below the middle of each animal is an S-shaped motif. The motif in the central circle is unclear, it may be zoomorphic or be an abstract shape such as a triskele. The Style II decoration on this mount has parallels with a shield mount from a barrow at Caenby in Lincolnshire in the British Museum (Smith 1923, 86 fig. 102). This type of circular mount is thought to be from horse harness; compare BERK-18B795.
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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