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Description: | Copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount dating from the early 11th century until the 12th century. This mount is a Williams Class A, Type 1 Mount and is broken so that only the top half of the mount survives. This type of stirrup mount, when complete, would have been pentagonal in shape. It has a smooth flat surface which is decorated with an engraved pattern and down the edges of the mount there are projecting knops at the angles of the pentagonal shape. At the top of the mount there is a circular perforation (known as the apex loop) where the mount would have been riveted on top of the leather stirrup strap and iron stirrup for decoration. The design on this mount represents two addorsed beasts below a pendant lobe. The two heads of the animals are at either side of the mount and their bodies connect with a series of knots. The design has influences from the late Viking Ringerike and Urnes styles. The decoration is quite worn and so the details are not clear. The bottom flange on the mount has broken away. The mount weighs 13.43g and measures 30.4mm in length, 36.6mm in width and 2.4mm in thickness. Similar examples to this mount can be seen in David Williams book 'Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts' Figure 19. | 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: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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