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Description: | A broken fragment from a cast copper-alloy engraved medieval mount. The object is now a thick sub-rectangular strip with both broken ends bent downwards. It is decorated unifacially; the lower surface retains some concretions, perhaps fixative. Engraved on the upper surface appears to be a structure, perhaps a chapel or tent, on a pointed arc - perhaps a hill. The arc fills the whole field; above, the structure appears within a perimeter border. The structure abuts the right edge of the field. It has a carved out doorway with three punches dots arranged longitudinally at either side. Above is a transverse strip defined by incised lines and decorated with cross-hatching. Above this is a pointed triangular roof decorated with diagonal incisions and surmounted by what appears to be a pennant to one side. To the left of the roof is another diagonal incision, perhaps part of another structure. There are further hints of an adjoining structure in incisions to the left of the 'tent'. Further patterning in the field below the arc is now difficult to discern. Traces of red enamelling appear to survive within some of the recesses. It is suggested that this strip would have been mounted on a box or casket.
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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