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Description: | Cast copper alloy Medieval bar mount in the form of a large central oval flanked by short bars ending in small ovals. The oval central part is domed with a concave back and decorated with four transverse grooves. The oval ends are also domed and each has a hole. One hole still contains the separate circular sectioned copper alloy rivet. The rivet is flush with the front of the mount and project slightly from the back with the ends hammered flat. It is 21.5mm long, 10.1mm wide and 3.8mm thick excluding the rivet, 4.4mm including; it weighs 1.96 grams. This form of belt mount was very popular in the Medieval period and was in use from at least 1150-1450 AD. (Egan and Pritchard 1991: pp26 and 214, no.1161).
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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