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Description: | An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup strap mount, dating from the 11th century AD. Williams Class A, Type 12. The stirrup strap mount is openwork in style and is lozenge-shaped in plan; it would have had a circular suspension loop at the top, which is now missing. The openwork body had four lozenge-shaped apertures and is decorated with at least five raised bosses, with two near the top, one positioned in the middle and two at the bottom. It is possible that a further two may have been positioned at the outer edges of the centre, however this detail is obscured due to breakage. The flange protrudes perpendicularly from the base of the mount, with one iron circular rivet fixing through its underside. A large amount of iron staining in this area on the reverse face is due to the corrosion of the iron rivet, still partially intact. No further decoration is visible on the outer surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The outer surface of the projecting bosses has been worn severely. Cf. Williams 1997, figs. 46-47.
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