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Description: | A copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount from the Early Medieval period (circa 1000-1200).
This example is published in David William?s book, Late Saxon Stirrup-strap mounts: A classification and catalogue (1997), No: 239.
Williams? classification states that this mount is a Class A, Type 11.
The stirrup-strap mount depicts a lion facing right.
The mount has an angled flange.
The apex loop is missing, but the two rivet holes at the base of the mount survive intact, minus the rivets, but traces of iron corrosion survive around the lower holes.
The metal is a dark brownish-black colour and is pitted. | 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: | 1000
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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