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Description: | A copper alloy mount which may date from the Early Medieval period. The mount is sub-recatnagule, tapering to a point at one end. It is triangular in section, with a flat reverse and a bevelled front. It is decorated with ring and dot motifs. There is a single one at the point, then three pairs, then a single one before a final pair at the other end. The wide end has a slight depression on the front, and curves upwards at the very end.An integral copper alloy rivet protrudes from the reverse of the pointed end. There is a rivet hole containing the remains of a ferrous rivet in the depression at the wide end. This may be a later addition or repair. The pointed end and the sides seem almost complete, but it is not clear whether the object continued further at the wide end. The mount has a smooth grey green patina. The mount is similar to Class E strap ends with ring and dot decoration, and may have a similar date range of 800 - 1100 AD.
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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