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Description: | Late Early-Medieval (11th century) copper alloy Stirrup-strap mount of Williams' Class A Type 8, with the remains of a corroded iron rivet in one of the three rivet fixing holes. It measures 46.46x(max)28.14mm and weighs 27.91g. The mount shows the main details of the design and is not as debased as some of the type. It is triangular in shape with a large zoomorphic head terminal at the apex, underneath which is a 4.14mm diameter rivet hole. The head has prominent eyes and snout and from this project (downwards) looping and bifurcating tendrils which end in lobes. At either side of the base line is a smaller zoomporphic head projecting downwards and outwards. Now worn, these show a snout, prominent brow and ears. The type is mentioned by Williams as having flared nostrils. A single limb is to be seen either side, on the outside edge of the mount, and a prominent wing extends upwards and inwards into the mount, ending in a lobe. Otherwise the centre of the mount is plain and without decoration. Between the smaller zoomorphic heads are two rivet holes c.5mm in diameter. On has the remains of an iron rivet within it, and iron staining on both faces of the mount around it. To the reverse of the mount, the flange is a common right-angled flange (type A). There is an unfinished 'line' of soldified ?molten copper alloy. The mount is most comparable with Williams p.48 fig.32 mounts, of Class A Type 8.
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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