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Description: | A mount, made of copper alloy, with the stumps of two copper alloy rivets set into the concave reverse. The surface was once gilded, but only a few tiny flecks remain. The piece was cast, and then initial details were added by chip-carving or punching. The mount is long, oval and convex with a hollow reverse. One end is a blunt point, and the other has a zoomorphic terminal in the shape of an animal?s head and neck, with eyes and a snout. The neck and main body are decorated with impressed lines made by a stamp-roller. Two lines run along the ?back? from head to ?tail?, and another line cuts across the body near the tail end. The piece shows some wear, and the reverse has some corrosion, possibly due to contact with the decaying leather belt or strap to which it may once have been attached. The exterior of the mount has a dark greenish-brown colour and a slightly rough patina. This mount may date from c. 700-1500. | 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
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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