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Description: | Circular domed mount made from copper alloy with corroded iron backing. The copper-alloy element is 65 mm in diameter and relatively thin. It has a border groove and the flange around the dome has three evenly spaced but rather large and crudely made copper-alloy rivets which at first sight look like ring-and-dot motifs. On the reverse, corroded iron spreads from the rivets across the centre. The central dome is 30 mm in diameter and about 7 mm tall, with a slight depression and perhaps an iron rivet at the centre. There are several similar bosses recorded on the PAS database, such as SUR-A033A8, BH-E51A04, LANCUM-D88325 and HESH-BB9DA5. The lettering two of these (HESH-BB9DA5 and SUR-A033A8) dates them to the late 14th or 15th century and the late 15th or early 16th century respectively, although bossed mounts are also known from much later (17th- to 19th- century) horse harness.The function of these bossed mounts is not yet certain. Large flat circular mounts are known from medieval and later horse harness (e.g. Clark 1995, fig. 40, no. 9); they may be from harness, or may alternatively be from large books, furniture or boxes. It weighs 34.95g.
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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