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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount in the form of a large central oval flanked by two small ovals. The oval central part is domed with a concave back and decorated with two transverse incised lines top and bottom with multiple vertical incised lines running between them. The oval ends are also domed. Each has a central rivet hole containing a circular copper alloy rivet.This form of belt mount was very popular in the Medieval period and was in use from at least AD 1150-1450. (Egan and Pritchard 1991: pp26 and 214).
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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