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Description: | Silver hollow pyramid mount, probably from a scabbard, set with slightly damaged square garnet on flat top. No evidence for the garnet being set on foil can be seen. The surface is rough and abraded. Two opposing faces decorated with a groove around the edge within which are a pair of possible Style I legs, the toes facing towards each other. The third face is decorated with grooved border around an arch, the ends of which are scrolled outward. The fourth face is the most worn and may be another arch with scrolled ends or a trefoil knot, again within a groove around the edge. The bar across the base appears to be D-shaped or trapezoidal in section with rectangular apertures to either side. The walls of the pyramid become thicker towards the top leaving only a very small gap above the bar for a strap or cord to pass through. Early 7th century. Compare another relief-decorated silver example with a garnet apex, SWYOR-F22FB2.Base 11 x 11mm, height 7mm, weight 3.0g. Width of bar in base 3mm, width of gap either side of bar 2mm.
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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