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Description: | A cast copper-alloy mount of Anglo-Saxon date. It has a rectangular plate that is flat, rectangular in section and has been slightly bent due to post-depositional damage. At each end of the back face are single integrally cast rivets that are cylindrical in form and have flattened heads. The front face has a rectangular border that surrounds a recessed rectangular field. The field contains chip carved decoration comprising three zoomorphic motifs in Salin Style I decoration, seemingly depicting body elements of an uncertaon creature with at least one limb visible. It measures 25.22mm in length, 8.14mm in width, 1.95mm in thickness (6.02mm including stud/rivet), and weighs 2.52g.This is a cast copper-alloy decorative mount of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. The decorative elements on the front face indicate an Early Anglo-Saxon date, probably in the late-5th to 6th centuries AD, c.475-600 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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