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Description: | A cast, copper alloy mount, possibly a book or harness mount. The mount is domed and circular in shape with a flat rectangular projection from the edge. There is evidence of another projection around the circumference at ninety degrees to the remaining one; as the edge of the artefact is somewhat ragged, there may have been more, but these cannot be definitely identified. In the centre of the dome is a raised central dot surrounded by a wide circular groove and a narrower circular groove. This central dot has the appearance of a small rivet and penetrates through to the underside of the mount. The flat projection carries a copper alloy fastening rivet and there is evidence of a second rivet, but this has broken away and is missing. The upper surface of the mount carries traces of gilding; where this has corroded away there is a rough green patina. The mount is 30.4mm long, 26.4mm wide and 8.6mm thick. It weighs 5.97gm. This mount is similar, but not identical, to that illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 115, number 979.
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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