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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy mount, probably for a casket of late Early-Medieval date. It is rectangular in form and section with flat back face and moulded decoration on the front. At the top of the object is a circular suspension loop/attachment with central circular rivet hole, beneath which is a projecting transverse collar that is triangular in section and has two deep transverse grooves. The upper half of the object beneath the suspension loop has stylised zoomorphic decoration. This comprises a face that is triangular in section and tapers towards the top of the object. It has three deep transverse grooves on each side of the face, above which extend moulded ears that run up the sides of the mount towards the suspension loop. Each ear has two evenly spaced transverse grooves and a rounded top edge that curves slightly backwards. Beneath the head the sides of the object have triangular projections with small recessed triangular panels that flank a central circular aperture, presumably a second rivet hole. The lower half of the mount is undecorated but has an incomplete terminal end. What survives of the terminal suggests it was a square or rectangular loop with multiple transverse grooves along each side of the loop. Most of the terminal loop is now incomplete due to old breaks. The flat back face of the object is undecorated but does have three circular concave mouldings on the upper half of the mount behind the moulded decoration. The entire mount has traces of a reddish metal with green patina on all surfaces. It measures 49.13mm in length, 11.45mm in width at plate, 13.40mm in width at incomplete terminal, 4.66mm in thickness (6.78mm in thickness at moulded face), and weighs 9.42g.This is a decorative mount probably from a casket or similar object of later Early-Medieval to early Medieval date. Similar mounts have been recorded through the PAS (IOW-CD9843, DENO-0758E3, DENO-07B785 and BH-1A0356) and dated to the 11th-12th centuries AD, suggesting a similar date range for the current example.
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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