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Description: | Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) cast copper alloy Class B, Type 2, Group 1 stirrup strap mount. The mount is very worn, but the decoration would have taken the form of two facing flanking beasts, and two heads one above the other - see Williams 'Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. A Classification and Catalogue' for similar stirrup strap mounts with more visible decoration. The mount is sub-triangular in plan, changing to a more rectangular shape for the main body of the mount. There is an openwork circular loop at the apex, with a further three below it arranged in a lozenge formation. On each of the outer two edges are a further two openwork circles, be the gap between each set of two have been worn through to from a slightly distorted openwork figure of '8'. There is a raised area between these two 'figure of 8's' which is worn. Immediately below this raised area are two lower fitting holes, filled with iron corrosion. The flange is angled from the reverse of the mount, and has the corroded remains of an iron strap or fitting adhering to it. It is 41.10mm long, 30.68mm wide, 4.31mm thick, increasing to 8.23mm thick across the flange. It weighs 23.32 grams.
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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