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Description: | Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pyramidal mount from a sword belt, each of four faces occupied by trapezoidal setting for missing probable garnet with, originally overlapping, triangular lobe at each narrow upper edge, and rectangular socket in flattened apex also for missing garnet, transverse bar across hollow reverse for attachment to strap, corner damaged. 19 x 19mm, height 10mm. Cf. examples from Barham and Coddenham, Suffolk (West (1998) fig.5, no.48 and fig.21, no.22). 6th 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: | 500
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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