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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy cast mount / binding fragment with zoomorphic head, probably 12th/13th century. D-sectioned strip binding with central panel running along it decorated with punched rings and dots, then a stylised animal head (dog or bear?) with a narrowed strip, again decorated with ring and dots, projecting from its mouth and curving to one side. The head has small oval ears, bulbous lentoid eyes and rounded snout with two grooves on the top and two grooves on either side. Small traces of gilding on the obverse. Flat on the reverse. Single rivet through the strip behind the animal head, both ends blunt. Length 91.2mm, width 6.3mm-10.8mm, thickness 4.2mm, length of rivet 11.8mm, weight 22.42g.The head appears to be Romanesque, dating this to the 11th-13th 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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