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Description: | The object appears to be an Early Medieval mount. In plan the mount has a circular shaped body which has three integral lugs protruding from the sides and upper edges. A fourth lug appears to have been protruded from the lower edge, but has since broken off, but not recently. The length across the two opposite lugs is 41.1 mm, the width from the upper lug to the broken edge of the lower lug is 33.7mm. The maximum thickness in the centre is 3.5mm. The mount weighs 9.46g.
The circular body of the mount has a central high-relief annulet within which is the remains of an iron, probable, rivet. The iron is visible on the reverse. Four high-relief arms protrude from the central annulet forming a '+'. Each terminal of an arm points to a lug. Therby the circular body is divided into quarters. Each quarter has a chip-carved fine thready interlace design. The edge of the circular body has a high-relief border.
The lugs are a sub-trapezoidal shape in plan with the narrow edge joining the circular body. The wider edge of the lug is shaped with a wide 'V' in the centre. The upper lug is heavily corroded and has a triangular cel in the centre. This cell is covered with iron corrosion. The two side lugs have a central circular hole within the triangular cell. The triangular cell is decorated with triangular borders of slightly different heights. The exterior of the cell is decorated with fine low-relief scroll-like design.
Across the circular body and the lugs are traces of gilding, particularly on lower surfaces. Otherwise the upper surface of the object is slightly corroded.
The reverse of the mount is undecorated. It is nearly flat, but the central portions of the lugs are slightly thickened, presumably for strength. This surface is also corroded.
This thready interlace design is charateristic of the 8th century. A vaguely similar mount is illustrated in A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk, No. 132.5. This has similar style decoration and iron fittings. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 700
800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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