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Description: | A corroded but complete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late early-medieval date. It has an openwork sub-lozengiform frame sitting on a flat base. At the other end from the base is the lozengiform apex loop (W.: 10.8mm); the (iron) rivet is missing, there is corrosion product visible on both sides of the loop. From the apex loop the mount flares out at an angle of sixty degrees to the longitudinal axis, reaching a maximum width of 29.8mm. From this wide point it narrows before stabilising at the base, max. W.: 21.7mm. The main lozengiform field is divided into four lozenge-shaped recesses by a diagonal cross. The cross features a central circular pellet and a single pellet at the terminals. There are further pellets, one at each corner of the diamond.This stirrup-strap mount is of Williams' Class A, Type 12; similar examples can be found in Williams (1997, 72-74; figs. 46, 47). The basal flange is perpendicular to the mount internally. The flange retains the remnant of a corroded iron rivet in its central hole. There remain elements of the iron strap at the base on the reverse. This mount survives well, with a uniform dark red-brown patina. The object is likely to date from the first quarter of the 11th century to the early 12th century (Williams 1997, 8).
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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