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Description: | A nearly complete cast copper-alloy Medieval bar mount dating to the 14th century AD. The mount is almost complete as only one of the two separate rivets which would have attached the mount to a strap is missing. The mount is formed of a central oval body, from which two sub-rectangular terminal lobes extend. All are hemispherical in section, with a concave indentation to the underside in the centre of each lobe. The upper surface of the central oval lobe is decorated with diagonal incisions that have created raised ridges; there are eleven indentations to one diagonal with four much shallower indentations to the opposing diagonal. The terminal lobes are pierced by a central circular aperture to hold rivets for attachment; one circular in section copper-alloy rivet is retained in situ. This artefact has a dark green colour overall, and several similar examples can be seen in Read (2001: 23, fig 12, nos. 146-156, with nos. 152 and 153 nearly identical).This mount measures 19.5mm in length, with a width of 8.8mm and a thickness of 2.8mm. It weighs 1.27 grams.
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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