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Description: | A copper-alloy probable early medieval harness fitting or mount. This mount is flat and measures 78.1mm in total length. It has a rectangular attachment end, 21.3mm in length and 15.4mm in width, with a central raised triangular shape. There is then a rectangular neck with transverse mouldings and grooves across it, 10.2m in length and 10mm in width, and a central circular part, which measures 24.6mm in diameter and has a boarder groove and two central longitudinal grooves. There is then another rectangular shaped neck with transverse mounlding and grooves and finally a flaring fan shaped terminal end, measuring 17.2mm in length and 34.5mm in width. On the back face of the mount there are two parallel integral cylindrical rivets one near to the top edge of the rectangular shaped attachment end and one in the centre of the rectangular neck below this. There are traces of gilding on the front face of this mount and patches of active powdery green bronze disease corrosion on the back face.
Although no parallel could be found for this harness mount it is most likely to be early medieval and possibly c6-7th century in date. | 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: | 500
700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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