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Description: | Early Saxon tongue-shaped shield mount with a pair of integral attachment spikes on the reverse, slightly concave wider end and confronting animals in counter relief on the front, to be viewed with the rounded end downwards. The legs of the animals touch each other and their tails intertwine to form a figure-of-eight. The spikes are round sectioned, one incomplete and the other bent. Length 32mm. Width 17.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Spike length 10mm. Early 7th century.
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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