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Description: | An incomplete medieval (AD c.1200-c.1300) probable mount, broken at one end and bent at its centre. Overall, the object measures 33.8mm long, 20.2mm wide and 7.5mm thick. It weighs 3.73g. The mount is formed from single strip of copper alloy that is flat and rectangular in section, and measures 1.4mm thick. It takes the form a long sub-rectangular central section connecting a pointed oval terminal and a rectangular terminal. Both terminals are pierced. The rectangular terminal is broken in line with the piercing and measures 9.2mm long and 13.0mm wide. The central section tapers in width from 7.8mm at the rectangular terminal to 5.8mm at the oval terminal. The oval terminal is c.13.5mm long and 8.1mm wide. The edges of the piercing in the oval terminal are bent inwards, suggesting the rivet was hammered in from the outer face. There are traces of gilding on the outer face of the rectangular terminal.Similar shaped mounts can be seen in Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, p.19, Fig.12-3, nos.166-167.
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