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Description: | A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount from the 11th century (circa 1000-1100). The mount is a Class B, Type 4 Williams? classification. The mount is roughly rectangular in shape and has two projecting triangles extending up from the top of the mount. The central top part (which would have been between the projections) is missing due to a break above the now broken rivet hole.
It depicts a fully moulded mask, presumably of an animal. The face and it features are heavily accentuated, with the forehead, nose and eyes being very prominent.
The mount has moulded edges. The mask is in high relief and incised lines on the surface accentuate the features of the animal.
The flange on the reverse is a angled flange type. Two rivet holes survive and some iron staining has occurred around the holes. The original iron rivets therefore on longer survive. The reverse (behind the creatures head) is concave. The reverse is otherwise undecorated.
The copper alloy is a mid greenish-brown colour. The mount survives in a very good condition.
Similar stirrup-strap mounts can be seen in Williams (1997), p95 ? 98 (Fig: 59). | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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