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Description: | A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount. It is a sub-triangle in plan, with a flat base and slightly convex sides. Integral to the upper tip there is an integral loop with a circular perforation. Filling the perforation there is the remains of an iron rivet. The outer surface is decorated with a debased version of the Urnes style and comprises a sinuous animal entwined with itself and whose head is at the apex of the mount. Along the base there are two more rivet holes. The reverse is undecorated and is hollow. The surface of the mount is abraded and there are no traces of the original surface, instead it is a matte dark red/brown coloured surface. The mount measures 52.06mm long and 28.25mm wide. It weighs 34.5g. The mount is classified as Williams Class 10a (Williams, D. 1997 Late Saxon Stirrup Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue CBA Research Report 111. These stirrup mounts date to the 11th century. | 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: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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