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Description: | Early medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount, 45mm long, 35mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 28.23grams. It is sub rectangular in form with a small flange emerging from the rearside of its base. The upper edge is rounded and it is decorated with an interlaced design forming two 'serpents' whose heads look outwards and form the edges of the object. The interlace is interupted by nine circular holes. A tenth hole is placed at the top of the object and contains an iron rivet. There are further rivets at the base, two large ones near the base, arranged into the design and a further two in the flange. The reverse of the object is heavily corroded near all the rivets, but is otherwise plain.This mount is similar in decoration to class A type 1, particularly eg 9 or 10, but it has the circular holes and the large size which make it a closer match to to a class C mount, particularly eg 486; though this example does not have the side attachments which define class C.
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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