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Description: | A late Saxon or early medieval copper-alloy mount decorated with zoomorphic interlace in the Urnes style. The mount is sub-triangular in plan with a long, curved neck at the top bending to the left terminating with a small animal-head. An sub-oval raised panel decorates the shoulder. This panel is decorated with diagonal grooves and may depict a wing. The lower part of the body is decorated with four irregularly placed oval holes. There are two apertures at the lower edges acted as fixing holes; a copper-alloy rivet and 'washer' was discovered intact with the lower right hole.The object is probably 11th century in date and was probably attached to harness or a box or casket. It may be compared with similar mounts on the PAS database such as NMS-0139C1and LIN-7F6AE5.
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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