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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy stirrup strap mount (11th century). This is a Class A sub-triangular mount with a right-angled flange. Part of one iron rivet is still preent within the left perforation above the flange. The is also a small lump if iron corrosion present on the reverse just above the flange. The decoration is Type II depicting a lion looking upwards with its front paw raised and tail curled over its back. The tri-lobed apex shows a pair of joined spirals from between which a pendent lobe penetrates the frame above the lion's open mouth. On this example the spirals have lost the detail and are now just rounded elements. On the reverse is a raised vertical ridge. Patchy green patina with areas of red base metal showing through. This stirrup strap mount is very similar to BERK-230A90. Dimensions: length: 49.88mm; width: 27.70mm; thickness: 6.66mm; weight: 17.53g. Reference: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. CBA Research Report III. Council for British Archaeology: York. P. 58-9 | 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
1099 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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