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Description: | An Early Saxon probable patrix for the production of decorated repoussé sheet, circular, with a secondary perforation for suspension near the edge. The cast relief decoration within a beaded border comprises two confronted 'beak-headed' beasts regardant in a sitting position, with raised fore and rear legs, joined at the feet, each with a single dot for the eyes, another on the shoulder and rear joint of the surviving limbs (part of one rear limb is missing where the object is perforated), and an additional dot to the inside of one head. The bodies contain longitudinal zig-zag lines. There is a transverse rib at the junction between the head and neck of both beasts. The rear feet have at least five toes; the front feet have three toes. The patrix measures 28mm in diameter and is 2mm thick. There are comparable confronted beasts on an openwork suspension unit from North Elmham (Gurney 2004, 569, fig. 3B) and an early 7th-century tongue-shaped mount from Cley-next-the-Sea (Rogerson and Ashley 2008, 435, fig. 5, no. 21). This example dates from the 7th century.
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