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Description: | 11th century AD copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, measuring 54.9mm in height, 32.9mm in max width and weighing 40.19g. It is Williams' Class A Type 10A with decoration in the 'English Urnes Style'.The mount is pear shaped, convex on the front and concave on the back. It has a flat base and oval pierced knop at the apex, the piercing of which is filled with iron corrosion. There is a trapizoid projecting flange (16.0mm by 6.6mm) on the back at the base with two circular piercings (3.7mm in diameter) through the mount above the flange; the holes are slightly off centre. The front is decorated with a raised design in Urnes style depicting a coiled animal. In this example the animal's snout is just below the pierced (2.5mm diameter) apex loop. Behind this are bulging eyes and comma-shaped ears. Below this is a spiral hip with leg projecting downwards. However curling across it is what appears to be a limb bending at right angles and reaching up to just behind the ears, ending in a curving paw. The body curves into the side and becomes interlaced with the back legs while the tail crosses the mount, bifurcating and one resulting tendril reaching up to near an ear.The mount is most similar to Williams' no.179 (although this example is more worn) from Chillenden, Kent.
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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