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Description: | A late Early Medieval to early Medieval cast copper alloy Anglo-Saxon stirrup mount, dating to c. 11th century AD. Williams Class A, Type 17. The mount is roughly pentagonal in plan, with a right-angled flange at the base and an undecorated, pierced apex loop. The outer surface of the stirrup mount is decorated with a moulded raised design consisting of an interweaving animal body with a singular, centrally-positioned and downward-facing animal head. The animal is composed of a ridged body which has been looped around itself, with two asymmetrical side knops, perhaps indicating legs. The head is carefully moulded with two pointed ears, domed forehead, oval eyes and sub-trianguar snout, which points to the base of the mount. The looping of the body creates a series of recessed areas which, if punched through, would have created an openwork design. However, this example is not openwork but rather the recessed areas are coated in a light chalky green material, perhaps indicating inlay. Two circular recesses flank the animal's snout at either side near the base and although it is unclear how these were utilised as they do not appear to be pierced through, the high degree of iron corrosion at this position on the reverse suggests that rivets ran through them to secure the mount to the stirrup. The mount itself is slightly curved in profile in order to facilitate the wearing of the stirrup. The mount itself is of an even reddish-brown colour, with the previously mentioned recessed areas of light green corrosion. The right-angled flange is incomplete. It measures 44.2 mm high, 34 mm wide (maximum at base), 5.6 mm thick (at middle) and weighs 29.6 grams. Cf. Williams 1997, p. 82, no. 380; also Ibid, p. 54, fig. 36. For close parallels recorded on the PAS database, see: WAW-B7B666, KENT-B18778, KENT-421493.
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