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Description: | Cast, copper alloy stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A Type 1 mount. The mount is pentagonal in shape with small lobes either side at the base and towards the apex. The apex loop is broken with part of the attachment hole remaining. The front of the mount is decorated with a lightly incised symmetrical design of two entwined beasts formed from narrow bodies with union knots and lobes. Towards the base the design is obscured by iron corrosion from the two attachment rivets still in situ. At the back is right angled flange which is set in slightly from the base and sides. Date: Early Medieval: c. 1000 - 1100 Dimensions: 41.85 mm x 30.92 mm x 8.7 mm Weight: 17.57 g Similar to Williams, 1997, p 26-27, No. 4
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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