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Description: | Early medieval stirrup mount; cast copper alloy stirrup mount of Williams' Class A, Type 4, dated to the late 11th century (1025-1100). This mount has an oval design with a trilobed terminal extending from the apex and an expanded base. There is a single circular rivet hole in the apex and two similar holes in the base. The central oval is moulded with a symmetrical abstract design with looping elements around a central 'nose' in higher relief. The flat, perpendicular base plate is vestigial in this example. Length 51.6mm, width 27.9mm, thickness 6.0mm, weight 21.83g Ref: Williams, pages 39-40, especially example 79, illustrated in figure 27 on page 40.
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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