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Description: | A copper alloy fragment from an Early Medieval stirrup-strap mount. It is the base part of a Williams Type 11A sub-triangular mount, the rest is missing due to old breaks. The base has a shallow flange on the reverse which projects at right angles. It has two perforations for rivets for attachment. Part of the rivets remain in situ, within a patch of iron corrosion, also on the reverse. On the front face there is a narrow frame of c.4mm, enclosing the depiction of a lion facing left, with a raised front paw and tail curled forward and upward over its back. (The head and mane are missing.) Within the grooves which outline the animal, short transverse lines can be determined, and it is possible that inlaid ornament may have been originally intended, though none is obvious.The mount measures 22.88mm in surviving length, 30mm in width at the base, tapering to 24.98mm at the broken edge. the flange projects for 5.35mm, and the mount weighs 14.45g.
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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