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Description: | A near complete copper-alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 3 (Ref: Williams 1997, 36-38, fig 25). This strap mount is roughly tongue-shaped in plan measuring 55.19mm in length and 31.11mm in width, at its widest point, which is its slightly swollen centre. The apex loop of this strap mount is incomplete due to an old break, at the base is a right angled flange projecting back from its lower edge with two holes for attachment above this on the face of the mount (one located at each end) - the flange itself is not pierced.It is decorated in the style of Type 3, of which Williams published ten examples of this unusual design of stirrup mount. The decoration is openwork and consists of a standing central facing male figure standing with his arms and legs apart with his feet facing the viewer. The present example is very worn with all surface detail having being lost but in better preserved examples the man appears to be bearded and naked situated amongst a zoomorphic design. On parallels from Sherbourne St John and Chichester, Sussex, details of the nipples, ribs and navel are clear (Williams 1997 36). Although worn it is clear this present example is likely to follow the same stylised design with the figure having an M-like constriction across his thighs - from which a straight rod protrudes downwards to meet with the flange area, a splayed animal under his back (with the legs of the animal projecting to the right and left, running over the man's arms, to connect with the outer part of the frame of the mount), a pair of serpent-like creatures entwined around his legs, with their tails forming the finials of the frame to either edge of the flange at the base, their bodies forming the outer frame of the mount and their heads, with gaping jaws, abutting the sides of the man's head to form the top edge of the mount.Although similar this design does not have an exact parallel in 'Late Saxon Stirrup Mounts'. Mounts of this type are dated AD c.1000-1100, late Early Medieval and Anglo-Scandinavian in stylistic terms.
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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