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Description: | Strap fitting/ Mount Copper alloy strap fitting, broadly cruciform in shape. The main body of the fitting is rectangular in plan, and flat in cross-section. This flat rectangular plate is decorated with an incised motif of a square within a concave-sided triangle at the top and bottom outer edge, which would probably originally have been enamelled. Running across this central panel, at right angles, is a raised moulding, terminating on either side in a pair of trumpet-headed terminals. This raised moulding forms the other axis of the cruciform fitting. A central rectangular strap bar is attached on the reverse, fixed to the underside of the trumpet-headed terminals, and running parallel to the raised central moulding.Parallels: There are no direct parallels from the related 1843 hoard, but the decoration is paralleled on other harness equipment from northern England (for example MacGregor 1976, no. 42).Measurements: Length: 29.8mm; width: 25.0mm; thickness: 14.8mm; weight: 16.9g
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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