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Description: | Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century dateThe mount is complete but worn (with a height of 42.9mm, a width of 28.3mm and a weight of 9.1g) and belongs to Williams' (1997) Class A, Type 8 mounts. Mounts of this type of sub-triangular form and this example is somewhat irregular in shape. The terminal is worn but would have depicted a beasts head. There is a perforation (3.1mm diameter) for an attachment rivet beneath the apex. The characteristic looping and bifurcating mouldings are discernible but also much worn. The base of the mount is slightly unusual for the type, due to an absence of the projections either side of the flange. These projections are unlikely to have worn away. The flange is of Type A (Williams, 1997, p 25), which is narrower and perpendicular to the mount (with a width of 19.9mm and a height of 3.4mm and an overall depth of 5.2mm). The two iron attachment pins remain in place through the base of the mount. The surface is eroded with a dark brown patina and iron corrosion adheres to both faces around the attachment rivets.
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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