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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy early medieval stirrup mount. This stirrup mount is Williams Class A, with an affinity to (though not exactly like) type 16. The mount is subrectangular in plan and flat in section. At the top of the mount is a semicircular pendant lobe with circular perforation. At the bottom of the mount is a backward facing flange, stepped in from the edges of the front of the mount, placed at 90 degrees. Also to the bottom of the mount are two circular rivet holes. One contains the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The mount is decorated with an incised design that focuses on two parallel, central spirals. Slightly below and between the spirals is an incised lozenge shape, from which runs an incised double lined border that encapsulates the bottom of the mount, enclosing within it the two rivet holes. Above the central spirals are two tear shaped lobes that extend broad end outwards, one to either side. These have a centrally incised diagonal line within. The mount is abraded and has a brown patina with flashes of mid green to the front. The reverse is plain and mid green in colour. It is 42.96mm long, 26.82mm wide, 3.16mm thick and weighs 18.48g. Stirrup mounts date to the 11th century. Examples of type 16 can be seen in Williams, 1997 figure 50. These mounts clearly have a zoomorphic design, which is less clear on the example recorded here, | 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: | 1025
1100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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