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Description: | Early Medieval copper alloy stirrup strap mount. The object is 57mm long, 23mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 29.36grams.The mount is ectangular form, with a rounded upper surface which terminates in a wide triangular apex, containing a central circular rivet hole filled with iron staining. The mount has a small projecting lobe on each side halfway down its length. In each lower corner is a circular rivet hole and the flat base contains traces of a projecting flange on its reverse.The surface is decorated with a coiled snake (or possibly two snakes) whose body is depicted by an Urnes style roundel of interlace, sitting in the lower half of the object. There is a large head, with two triangular indented eyes centrally placed at each side. The head is divided at the top by a triangular depression which suggests two heads joining (which fits well with the design). The head emerges from the body and points upwards, filling the upper part of the object. Below the snake is a centrally placed raised line running to the base of the object. Either side of this, the two rivet holes at the base are enclosed by coiled raised tendrils. These appear to form a border around the body by extending from the upper edge of the holes towards the outside of the object . They continue upwards towards the apex where they move inwards, framing the head. They are linked together above the head by a union knot, before turning outwards to form rounded terminals, almost echoing the circles at the base.The reverse, which has a slightly concave surface, has some scratch marks on its surface and patches of iron staining, but is otherwise undecorated.The object matches an incomplete example in Williams (2007) p. 56, Fig. 38, No. 200 and one other fragmentary example on the database SWYOR-8899C6, which has additional holes. This object is the first complete example recorded.
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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