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Description: | Copper alloy mount length 51mm, height 52mm, thickness 1mm, weight 13.44g. Only a fragment of the original object remains, this is sub-circular in plan and slightly domed in cross-section. The centre of the mount is openwork and is filled with a number of curvilinear lines, the style and purpose of which is undefined owing to the loss of the rest of the mount. There is a moulded serpent running around outside edge and forming a border for the openwork centre. The body of the serpent is decorated with a series of vertical striations and a large ring eye. The rest of the mount is plain This artefact has many similarities with Viking metalwork of the 11th century.
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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