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Description: | Early-Medieval copper-alloy strap-end, now incomplete. Sub-rectangular with pointed upper edge; central openwork lozenge with two perforations within each quarter (those on the left are not pierced through); inwards pointing free-standing projection from each corner; lozenge surrounded by eight circular perforations; a forwards-projecting knop at each of the upper corners; transverse ridge towards the bottom of the mount with a, now damaged, plate below (this was probably originally perforated); no trace of flange. Original surface gone; red-brown exposed surface with some light green patches. Length 38.1mm, width 24.5mm, thickness max (across centre) 6.1mm, weight 11.27g.This object was originally identified as a stirrup-strap mount of unclassified type, but similar to Williams's Class A Type 12 in that it has a lozenge motif. Two parallels were subsequently noted, LEIC-982247 and NCL-C53CC3. The last is the most complete, and is certainly a strap-end, of similar date to the stirrup-strap mounts (11th century).
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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