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Description: | Copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. Cast sub-rectangular plate with a lug and two fixing holes of diameter 4.5mm at one end, and an angled edge at the other, broken, end; possibly ferrous concretion remains on the back here. On the display face, a crude border of punched or rocked horizontal lines encloses a pair of trefoil devices above a larger and possibly zoomorphic ?mask, comprising large hollow ?ears, prominent ?eyes and a ?snout. The object can be classified as a Group B mount (Williams, D. 1995, Finds Research Group Datasheet no. 20, Stirrup Mounts). Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100.Length/Height: 51.22mm, Width: 34.6mm, Thickness: 5.1mm, Weight: 30.76gms.
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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