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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount in the form of a central circular section flanked by a small sub-rectangular end at one end. The other end is missing from an old break. The centre and end sections are domed with concave backs and convex fronts. The end each has a pierced hole through though the centre in which a copper alloy rivet sits. The seperate rivet is circular in section and flush with the front of the mount while projecting slightly from the back. There are multiple shorter, finer, vertical incised lines crossing the transverse ones. The mount is 23.6mm long , 13.9mm wide,5.4mm thick and weighs 7.54g.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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