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Description: | A complete Medieval sheet copper-alloy mount with a hole for a separate rivet (c. 1270-c. 1350).The mount is sub-rectangular in plan. It has been pressed and is convex at the front and concave at the rear. At the front, decoration is in the form of three raised lateral ridges at the centre with a lobe at each corner. Close to the centre there is a small circular rivet hole, the rivet is missing.The front has a shiny mid-green patina and the rear is matt green.Length: 12.9mm; width: 11.3mm; overall thickness: 2.5mm. Weight: 0.36g.Similar mounts have been published and illustrated (Read 2001: 13, fig 8, refs: 93 and 94).Read, B. 2001. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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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