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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy Early-Medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams' Class B. It comprises a flat, trapezoidal plate with angled flange, moulded front face and slightly concave back face, now slightly bent due to post-depositional damage. The front face is extremely worn to the extent that the decorative motifs can barely be identified. It has a central face, possibly zoomorphic in form, surrounded by five sub-rectangular apertures. On the upper edge are projecting semi-circular lobes that have central circular apertures containing the corroded remains of iron rivets. The top and sides all have slight notches that are suggestive of additional zoomorphic or similar decoration but this is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. At the base of the plate is a rectangular flange that has two circular rivet holes containing the corroded remains of iron rivets. The entire object measures 36.66mm in length (bent), 35.56mm in width, 4.53mm in maximum thickness and 20.33g in weight.This is an Early-Medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup strap mount that would have been attached to the upper portions of the now missing stirrup. Its form and decoration places it in Williams' Class B, the presence of a single central face surrounded by five apertures suggesting it may belong to his Class B Type 3 Group 2 mounts. These are suggested to be of possible eastern counties origin and date to the 11th century AD (Williams, 1997: pp. 91, nos. 428-432).
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