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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy pyramidal mount, probably from a sword-scabbard. It has a square base and an integral rectangular bar running across the hollow underside. One of the four triangular side panels is damaged. This is a relatively small, light and low mount, and is undecorated. The use of pyramidal mounts is still unclear, but they may have served to tie the sword into the scabbard. They come into use at the start of the 7th century and seem to become higher and larger during the course of the century, so this example probably dates to c. 600-c. 650 AD.
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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