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Description: | A copper alloy mount which is probably from a stirrup-strap. The mount is sub-triangular and probably dates from the eleventh century. It is 49.4mm long, 46.3mm wide and 9.1mm thick. The sub-triangular plate of the mount is decorated with curving recessed lines, some filled with a silver material in a design which is not readily interpretable. There is a semi-circular notch in the centre of the straight edge and three rivet holes in the plate. The rivet holes are filled with ferrous corrosion. The plate is flat apart from two lugs at the sides at the bottom which project backwards. The mount is similar to examples of Class C stirrup-strap mounts on page 101 of ?Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts? by David Williams (1997). This example is slightly different because it does not have a flange or step projecting backwards along the base. Stirrup-strap mounts were attached to straps at the junction between the stirrup leather and the stirrup. It is likely that they had both a decorative and strengthening purpose and would have worked in conjunction with an iron stirrup, a double thickness of leather and an iron fitting to help secure the stirrup to the strap. | 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: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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