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Description: | A copper alloy rectangular openwork stirrup strap mount dating to the late early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period. The mount is of Williams (1997) Class B Type 3 and dated to the 11th century AD. The mount is convex with openwork elements of several circular apertures arranged around a worn zoomorphic face mask. The mask appears to have ears, eyes, a nose and pointed chin. There are three raised lines extending from the chin area to the edge of the mount but it is unclear what these lines represent but possibly a beard or neck. The top of the mount is triblobed but the other three sides are straight. There are the remains of four iron rivets, now mostly a mass of corrosion with two at the external edges of the trilobed end and two located either side of the beard/neck at the base of the mount. The reverse is plain and undecorated.This mount does not appear to have an angled flange at the base as is usually seen on stirrup mounts, and the whole mount is quite convexed and not flat however it is possible that this example is just bent. For a parallel in style and design see Williams (1997) figure 447.
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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