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Description: | Fragment of a probably Anglo-Sacandinavian copper alloy mount. A bar in the form of an extremely stylised animal with a pierced terminal is integral with a fragment of a wider and thinner element in which one small round openwork aperture survives. The break truncates four more apertures. The form of the complete objects remains uncertain but it was probably decorated with zoomorphic motifs in one of the Viking art styles, probably Urnes, as for example GAT-3B9AE6, SUSS-036066 and DOR-398C30. Extant length 28.5mm. Maximum extant width 17mm. Thickness of bar 4.5mm, of openwork fragment 3mm. 10th - 11th century.Finder's no. PW P 204
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