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Description: | A copper alloy Early Medieval mount, probably a stirrup terminal or stirrup mount. The object is the terminal of an incomplete item. The complete end has a rounded lobe pierced by a circular hole. The lobe is flanked by two smaller lobes. The mount gets wider towards the other end which is broken. It is moulded into a zoomorphic design with the animal snout pointing towards the broken end. The pointed ears and bulbous oval eyes are very clear. The reverse of the mount is hollow. The design is similar to some stirrup terminals on the database such as BERK-8D7AE8 and BERK-8D4145 but the perforation in the terminal is an unusual feature, the mount is smaller than normal, and there is no evidence of iron corrosion. The mount is also too narrow to be a stirrup strap mount. The mount is similar in style to other stirrup fittings and probably dates from the 11th century. The metal has a rough texture and a red colour with little patina.
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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