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Description: | A cast complete Early Medieval copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, c. 11th century AD. Williams Class A, Type 11A. The stirrup mount is sub-triangular in shape with a trilobed apex including a circular pierced apex loop; at the bottom of the mount, there is a right-angle flange, which has two circular rivets piercing its underside. Unlike most examples from Class A type mounts, there are no fixing holes penetrating the lower segment of the mount from the front surface, parallel to the flange; instead, the two fixing holes pierce directly through the underside of the flange, orienting the rivets vertically.The front surface of the mount is decorated with a depiction of what is interpreted as a lion, looking upwards and to the right with its left front paw raised and its tail curled between its back legs and raised over its back. The trilobed apex is decorated with a pair of joined spirals from between which a pendant lobe penetrates the frame above the lion's head (Williams 1997, p58). Further decorative treatment of the lion is obscured due to wear and an applied coating of a substance, such as wax, renders further detail obscure. This substance has also altered the colour of the copper alloy to a deep reddish brown, more commonly indicative of iron corrosion; however, traces of the separate iron fitting or strap are discernible on the reverse surface directly above the flange and it is possible that the rivets are also iron in composition, although unclear. The stirrup-strap mount measures 49.05 mm long; 26.73 mm wide (at base); 12.72 mm wide (at apex lobes); 3.56 mm diameter (apex loop hole); 10.88 mm maximum thickness (flange); and weighs 24.03 grams.Similar examples range from the very detailed to the very crude; cf. Williams 1997, Nos. 225-227, 230-245, especially No. 230, Fig. 41.
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