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Description: | An incomplete late early-medieval (1000-1100) Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy stirrup strap-mount of Williams Class A, Type 13, missing its apex loop (old break). Projecting backwards from the opposite end is a common right-angled flange with two iron rivets (c.4mm diameter) in situ on its underside.The mount is lozenge-shaped with a central slightly irregular openwork lozenge. There are semi-circular lobes at the side apexes, each decorated with a raised circular boss. A further raised boss sits centrally, just below the openwork lozenge. On the reverse there is no decoration.It measures 35.84mm in length, 25.84mm in maximum width, 8.18mm in maximum depth (from the central boss to the end of the flange) and weighs 9.92 g. The plate is 2.23mm thick. There is iron corrosion between the rivets of the flange.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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