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Description: | Medieval copper alloy openwork and two-dimensional mount and incomplete backplate, possibly from a belt or possibly some kind of plaque from a reliquary. It has a rivet hole in each corner (c.1.5mm diameter), one of which is worn through and two of which have a rivet intact. The mount measures 37x17.8mm, and stands proud 7.2mm. It weighs 7.61g.The frame is flat in section but is slightly angled upwards from the outside in. It is 2.5mm wide and 1.9mm thick, and decorated with incised rocker-arm.A figure is at the centre of the frame in a traditional cross shape, with head, feet and arms joining the frame. The head is the most proud of the mount and is triangular in shape. Two eyes are prominent either side of a triangular nose. This is above a short horizontal groove, for the mouth. There is no neck but a double V-necked garment below the face and either side of this two openwork circles representing the shoulders and arms. The circular gaps at the center are 2mm and 2.5mm in diameter from left to right.Below the arms, the body of the garment extends, and accounts for half the length of the figure. This is decorated with several vertical grooves. At the bottom, the garment slopes inwards and appears to show one triangular foot. Next to this there has been some damage so another foot detail (if it existed) has been lost. At least some of this damage is recent as the coppery colour of the un-patinated metal is visible.The backplate is very thin and has no original patina, in contrast to the mount itself which has a dark smooth and shiny patina. The backplate measures 29.8x13.7x0.8mm and has two rivet holes 0.9mm in diameter at one short end - it is roughly rectangular in shape. One of the rivet holes has worn through. Between the rivet holes is a rectangle cut-away from the edge, suggesting that this might be a re-used buckle plate. This does suggest it was meant to have leather between backplate and mount.The object probably dates to the 14th century.
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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