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Description: | Cast copper alloy mount, probably Late Iron Age or Early Roman. The mount is subrectangular in plan and teardrop shaped in section. It is pierced through its width with a circular perforation. Viewed with the pointed end down, the mount is moulded so that each outside edge is raised and slightly flared out. Between the raised edges at the top of the mount is a central raised triangle, recessed to take red glass or enamel, of which some traces survive. The downward point of the triangle extends into a substantial raised bevelled line that continues around the circumference of the mount, between the flared edges. This line then flares into an integral solid raised triangle. When viewed in profile, the long bottom edge is parallel to the point of the teardrop section. The reverse of the mount is fitted to the centre rear with a short circular sectioned shank with slight rove, for attachment, possibly to a leather harness or similar. Beneath the shank, to the rear of the pointed section, is a suboval recess, probably a result of the casting process as it does not seem to serve a purpose. The mount is abraded but the original surface mostly survives with an even dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are bright, light green. The mount is 18.7mm long, 16.74mm wide, and weighs 13.71g. The perforation has an internal diameter of 6.4mm. the shank is 5.02mm long.
The mount was presumably fixed by the shank to a leather harness or strap. The perforation is worn to either side at the lower edge, suggesting that something passed through it and caused this wear by ?pulling? down, possibly a copper alloy hoop or a chord of organic material such as leather. | 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: | -100
100 | 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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