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Description: | An Early Medieval (Irish) copper alloy mount from an Irish house-shaped shrine (8th century). The mount is circular with a central rivet (now bent), on the reverse is an irregular square-shaped piece of sheet copper alloy secured with four rivets. The front surface is decorated with three circular bands of chip-carved interlace, on each the pattern varies slightly. Kevin Leahy (PAS Early Medieval and Medieval Finds Advisor) identified this object and notes the net-like interlace is typical of Irish work of the eighth-ninth century. It appears to have been attached to a sheet of thin sheet metal which is likely to have been the casing of a shrine. The Irish metal work of this date is likely to have come into this country under the aegis of the Vikings. Reference: Young, S. Work of Angels. Nos.128,129,130. Dimensions: diameter: 43.14mm; thickness: 2.29mm; weight: 9.82g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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