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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of early medieval date (AD 1000 - 1100) of Williams Class A, Type 9. The stirrup strap mount is broadly square in plan with a slight convex (domed) front and a concave rear face. It is probable that the mount would have originally had an apex loop protruding from the upper edge which has broken away. At the left and right upper edge the mount is shaped to represent the ears which are curved. Below this the edges are curved again to represent the cheeks. The edges of the mount are bevelled. In profile the mount is sub-rectangular (D Shaped). The front face of the mount depicts a human mask in low relief. The face comprises pointed oval eyes and a protruding nose and probable protruding mouth and chin pointing towards the lower edge of the mount. It is probable that there may have also been decoration depicting the whiskers of a beard. The lower half of the face is slightly worn so is harder to identify. The mount has two parallel pierced holes at the base. The holes are set together with the hole on the right being slightly larger. On the reverse of the lower edge is a prominent integral cast sub-rectangular flange which projects at right angles from the surface of the mount. This flange forms a projecting lip and the two holes are pierced (cast) just above this flange. There is no evidence of applied surface such as niello, or inlaid wires. The reverse of the mount is undecorated. The stirrup strap mount is light to mid brown in colour with an even polished but worn and abraded patina on all surfaces. The abrasion is most likely to have been caused by movement in the plough soil.This example clearly fits into (Williams 1997: Group A, Type 9. pp 51-53 cat no. 159-172. The closest parallel to this example is from the midlands, (cat no 168). Williams (1997) suggests many of the stirrup mounts show elements of influence from Late Viking Ringerike and Urnes Styles. Type 9 has a distinctly Southern and East Anglia distribution pattern. The examples on the PAS database have all been found in the same area of the country confirming Williams pattern. The PAS database has recorded a number of type 9 mounts, similar examples have been recorded from Cricklade, Wiltshire (WILT-D51485) and also from Wyverstone, Suffolk (SF-20FD47).The mount measures 29.3mm in length, 29.8mm width, is 4.4mm thick and weighs 13.7grams.Williams, D (1997)Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts: A Classification and Catalogue. York : CBA Research Report 111.
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