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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mount of Williams' Unclassified group, c.11th century AD. The mount is flat, sub-triangular in form and with no flange, both sides sloping inwards to a scalloped upper edge. The front face has inlaid niello decoration comprising a ribbon like beast whose body is S-shaped in form with head towards the top of the mount pointing downards. The creature has an open mouth/snout, small oval eye, and multiple transverse ribs along its length. In the field to both sides of the creature are curvliniear and scroll-shaped motifs. Three rivet holes have been drilled through the mount after the niello decoration had been added, one at the top centre, and one at each lower corner. The hole at bottom right of the mount has traces of a now incomplete iron rivet. The back face is flat and undecorated with some iron staining around the top rivet hole and incomplete rivet in the lowe corner. It measures 45.15mm in length, 36.35mm in width, 4.11mm in thickness and 33.62g in weight.This is a stirrup mount of late Early-Medieval date. The mount has previously been published, first in Treasure Huntin magazine (June 1993: p. 8) and subsequently by David Williams in his study of Late Saxon stirrup mounts (Williams, 1997: pp. 102-103, no. 497 with illustration). It is placed in his Uncertain or unclassified group due to the lack of flange and is of probable 11th century AD date.
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