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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy stirrup strap mount (11th century). The stirrup strap mount is a Type A, sub-triangular mount, debased Type 8 (Williams 1997: 47). At the apex of the mount is a large zoomorphic head with two smaller projecting heads on either side of the base. The flange does not extend along the entire length of the base, just between the two heads. From the upper head with its prominent eyes projects a series of looping and bifurcating tendrils which end in lobes. From the lower heads part of the body and a single limb are depicted; a prominent wing extends upwards and inwards to terminate in a lobe. The mount is quite worn with a red brown patina but traces of a central niello pattern can be identified. There are two perforations just above the flange, they are aligned along the length of the flange. A third perforation is located below the large head at the apex. Small traces of iron corrosion near the lower perforations are probably the remains of iron rivets or possibly from the iron stirrup. The stirrup strap mount is similar to no. 130 found in Cheriton, Hants but there are some variations in the pattern and this example has a central niello pattern (Williams 1997: 48). Dimensions: length: 43.63mm; width: 24.5mm; weight: 13.97g. Reference: Williams, D. 1997. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts. CBA Research Report III. Council for British Archaeology: York | 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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