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Description: | A copper-alloy stirrup mount of late Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. This example is classified as a Williams Class A, Type 8 mount (D. Williams; 1997; pp. 48). It is most closely paralleled with nos. 144-150, its style having become somewhat debased from the original zoomorphic design. The mount is sub-triangular in plan and has a large, pointed zoomorphic head terminal at the apex. A series of tendrils extend downwards from the head and terminate at each of the two bottom corners in another zoomorphic head. The features of all of the aforementioned heads are heavily worn and difficult to make out. There are two fixing holes close to the bottom edge and the loop at the top is located below the apex protrusion. At the bottom of the reverse is a short flange. Traces of iron corrosion are visible within the apex loop and one of the fixing holes contains a small, bent copper-alloy rivet. The object as a whole is slightly bent and corroded. The piece measures 40.1mm high by 22.9mm wide and 2.9mm thick; it weighs 12.12g. | 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: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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