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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy early Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount of Williams Class B, type 2, group 3. The mount is trapezoidal. It has an openwork design that consists of three pairs of perforations, i.e. six perforations in total. Between the lower pair of perforations is a raised, moulded zoomorphic head, now worn, and flanking these lower perforations are two smaller moulded, inward facing zoomorphic heads, also badly worn. Between the central pair of perforations (which happen to be the largest) there is also an outward facing moulded but worn, zoomorphic head. Finally, two moulded but worn, inward facing zoomorphic heads also flank the upper pair of perforations. Extending from these upper heads, pointing down to either side of the mount, are two beast?s head in profile with curling snouts and crests. These are also very worn. The mount has a flange angled at approximately 45 degrees. Two rivet holes are visible in the flange, both blocked by the remains of the copper alloy rivets. At the apex of the mount is a further fixing hole that is missing its rivet. The rear of the mount is plain. The mount has lost much of its original surface and has been treated since discovery. It now has a bright, mid green patina. It is 44.96mm long, 31mm wide, 6.02mm thick and weighs 22.70g.See Williams, 1997, Late Anglo Saxon Stirrup Mounts, page 105, number 504. | 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 | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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