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Description: | A bent and incomplete copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date. Read illustrates a similar artefact, which he describes as a sword-belt mount of possible 16th century date (2001; pp. 43, no. 371). However, the bottom element of this piece differs significantly from that of the Read example and may indicate that this piece served a different function.The object is of thin section and would orginally have been flat. It has a circular aperture flanked on either side by a three-lobed border. Immediately above and below this section is a narrower 'waisted' section, each containing the head of an iron rivet. The upper waisted section extends into a flat-topped terminal with concave vertical edges and a ropework top edge. At the bottom is a narrower rectangular section, also with concave vertical edges. This extends into a vertical arm at the centre of which, set at a right-angle and at a higher level, is a bar with a convex upper edge and rounded underside.The mount measures 46.2mm long, 18.1mm wide and 4.9mm thick. The weight is 7.41g.
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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