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Description: | A cast copper alloy mount with a rectangular integral suspension loop. The mount has two parallel ridges decorated with repeated diagonal lines with a decorative element between them. This is in the form of a cross with four branching arms and a central open circle. The upper and lower arms flare outwards to meet the parallel bars and the side arms terminate in four lobes. There is a circular perforation in the top and bottom arm of the cross, containing iron corrosion products from iron rivets. At the lower end of the mount there is a rectangular integral loop with a smaller circular loop on one side. The side of the rectangular loop without the circular loop shows signs of wear. The exact function of this object is not known. A similar object was published by Read (2001, 39 no. 371) as a suggested sword-belt mount.
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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