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Description: | A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late Anglo-Saxon date (c. 11th century AD) which can be categorised as a Williams' Class A Type 5 (1997, 40-42). The mount is sub-pentagonal in form, consisting of a broadly pentagonal field surmounted by a pair of tendril-like shapes with scrolled terminals. At the apex the tendrils converge into a moulded zoomorphic head. Emerging from the head are the beginnings of a suspension loop; this is largely broken as is common on such strap mounts (ibid., 42). The head faces upwards are features a pair of heavily punched eyes with a moulded transverse ridge beyond. The tendrils are divided from the field by heavily scored lines. The field itself contains lightly incised knotted decoration, difficult to discern, within an incised border. Just within the base of the border, slightly off centre, is a circular perforation; the rivet is now missing. While the zoomorphic head is moulded the frame is flat on both surfaces. The lower face features a conventional perpendicular flange with central, protruding trapezoidal section (max W.: 8.45mm). This artefact is now a dark red-brown colour with some small areas of green corrosion product, particularly on its lower surface. Viewed in profile it can be seen to have been bent upwards on one side. It is likely to date from the first quarter of the 11th century to the early 12th century (ibid., 8).
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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