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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 has tranverse inscribed grooves on the front. The oval ends are also domed and each contain the remains of a seperate copper alloy rivet. It is 25.6mm long, 9.9mm wide and 5.8mm thick; it weighs 2.50 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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