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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval or Early Medieval date (AD 1000 - AD 1100). Williams Class A, type 11A. Length 34.3mm, mm, width 29.0mm and 4.9mm thick. Weight 12.03g. The upper part, including the apex loop, is missing due to an old oblique break which appears to be old. When complete, the mount would have been sub-triangular in plan. The surviving part has convex sides and a horizontal base. It is slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear. Near the horizontal base of the mount are two corroded iron fixing holes for rivets or studs. The circular holes are both the same size and have a diameter of 2.2mm. One of the holes is empty and the other is filled with corroded iron. On the rear face along the lower edge is an integral sub-rectangular flange which projects at right angles from the surface of the mount. The two fixing holes are positioned just above this flange. A small amount of iron corrosion around the filled hole may be part of the remains of a rivet. Alternatively, the corrosion may be part of a fitting or strap that secured the mount to the stirrup. The front of the mount has moulded decoration in the form of a plain border at the sides. This border does not extend along the bottom of the mount. Within the border is a poorly defined lion facing right and looking upwards with its left paw raised and tail curled between the legs and over the back. The lion's jaws are largely missing due to the break mentioned above. Characteristically, on this type of stirrup-strap mount, the wide open jaws would have most likely have been grasping a lozenge-shaped feature which extends immediately below the apex loop. The piece is worn and generally corroded and a patina has not survived. The front and rear surfaces are mainly covered in copper alloy corrosion products. Where visible, the surface colour of the metal is a purple/brown. This stirrup-strap mount can be classified as a Williams Class A, type 11A (Williams 1997, 58-69). It is the commonest type of mount in William's classification. For further information on Late Early Medieval stirrup-strap mounts, see also: Williams, D. 1995. "Stirrup Mounts". Finds Research Group: Datasheet 20.
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