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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of Late Early-Medieval or Early Medieval date (AD 1000 ? AD 1100). Williams Class A, type 11A. Length 50.8mm, mm, width 30.2mm and 10.5mm thick. Weight 37.59g.
The mount is sub-triangular in plan, having convex sides and a horizontal base. It is slightly convex at the front and slightly concave at the rear where it has a number of small depressions, probably the result of casting imperfections. The concavity, however, is hardly noticeable. At the top of the mount is an integral tri-lobed apex loop at the centre of which is a cast or pierced rivet hole now filled with iron corrosion, presumably the remains of a rivet. Near the horizontal base of the mount are two corroded iron rivets both surrounded by orange iron staining. On the rear face along the lower edge is a prominent integral cast sub-rectangular flange which projects at right angles from the surface of the mount. The two lower rivets are positioned just above this flange and secured an iron fitting, part of which survives. This surviving part is sub-rectangular in plan and is encrusted with iron corrosion products which have migrated on to the flange.
The front of the mount has moulded decoration in the form of a prominent frame extending from the apex along each side and partially along the lower part. Within the frame is a well defined lion facing right and looking upwards with its left paw raised and tail curled between the legs and over the back. The lion?s jaws are open wide and grasp a lozenge-shaped feature which extends immediately below the tri-lobed loop.
The piece is worn and generally corroded. A patina has not survived. The front and rear surfaces are mainly covered in copper alloy corrosion products. Where visible, the metal is largely a purple/brown colour and appears to be in a stable condition. | 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: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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