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Description: | Middle Saxon gilt copper alloy rectangular sword-belt mount. The scalloped sides, the ends and especially the corners are worn, and there are no extant fixing holes. A centrally placed transverse row of four silver rivets with convex heads and copper alloy washers divides two areas of deep "chip carved" Tassilo style zoomorphic ornament. Very similar to a mount from Tacolneston (HER 23698, Gurney 2003, 365, fig. 5D) and comparable with examples from Germany (Eggenstein et al. 2008, 194-8, Kat. Nr. 40.2, 40.6 and 42.1), and certainly of Continental manufacture.Late 8th - early 9th century.At least 36 x at least 17.5mm. Thickness 3mm, at the rivets 5mm.Bibliography Eggenstein, G. Börste, N. Zöller, H. and Zahn-Biemüller, E. (2008) Eine Welt in Bewegung: Unterwegs zu Zentren des frühen Mittelalters Deutscher Kunstverlag, MunichGurney, D. (2003) 'Archaeological finds in Norfolk in 2002', Norfolk Archaeol. XLIV, 356-368
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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