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Description: | Copper alloyMount. Cast plate of rectangular form with an indented curving edge at either end. Two drilled holes of diameter 3.3mm are situated close to the corners, with the others at the indented ends close to the curving edges. A low relief border follows the outer edge; within it there appears a large central circular feature within a rhomboid frame, and a smaller lozenge at either corner above the curved edges. Further curvilinear designs occupy the field between these elements, and there were perhaps others within them; the central roundel would appear particularly apt to frame a further figurative design. The decorated side is abraded and corroded, the featureless back is smooth, probably protected by the object (now lost) to which the mount was attached. One corner is folded over behind the display face; this must necessarily have occurred after the mount had become detached. This object might be from the end of a cross arm of Roman or Maltese form, or may be part of a suite of mounts for a book cover or casket. Suggested date: Early Medieval to Medieval, 750-1500.Width (as found): 46.7mm, Height: 33mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 10.10gms.
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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