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Description: | A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy and gilded axe-shaped mount (600-700).This mount is broadly pelta-shaped in plan. It has two eagles' heads flanking a decorated panel, one at each side. At the front, the panel has a raised double border following the outline of the edge. Within the border Style II decoration depicts a stylised animal with front and back legs and some interlaced body parts. A ring motif at the centre may be an eye. It is difficult to make sense of the overall design. The rear face is largely flat except for the spike and a small raised area which seems to be a casting imperfection rather then the stub of another spike. The tapering spike is integral with the plate and is almost circular in cross-section but is faceted/bevelled in places.The front face is gilded overall. At the rear the surface is coarse and green with traces of a green patina. There is an off-white deposit of uncertain material near the base.Height: 23.5mm; width: 34.8mm; thickness: 1.9mm; thickness including spike: 7.1mm; length of spike: 5.7mm; maximum diameter of spike: 2.8mm. Weight: 6.36g.Other axe-shaped mounts have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: NARC-084BE4; NMS-EDCDC8; SF-BDA8A2; SOM-F5FBE6; SUR-4A66D2; YORYM-3FD7C7 and YORYM-91FCE3.
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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