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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount in the form of a central circular section flanked by two small rectangular outer ends. The circular centre is domed with a concave back and convex front. The rectangular ends are 'D'-shaped in section with a flat back and slightly convex front. The ends have a pierced circular hole in which a copper alloy rivet sits. The backs of the rectangular ends have a circular cavity around the rivets, containing a white substance, probably decayed solder.The seperate rivets are circular in section and both survive within the holes in the ends of the mount. The front is decorated with five transverse incised lines across the centre; the lines go right up to both edges. There are several shorter vertical incised lines crossing the transverse ones in the centre but not reaching to the outer top and bottom lines. These vertical lines are fainter and less even than the horizontal ones. The mount is 18.4mm long, 11.0mm wide, 5.7mm thick including the rivets, 3.4mm excluding and it weighs 1.95g.This form of belt mount was very popular in the Medieval period and was in use from at least 1150-1450 AD (Egan and Pritchard 1991: pp26 and 214).
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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