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Description: | A cast copper-alloy mount of later Early-Medieval to Medieval date. It is rectangular in form and D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. At one end the mount has two deeply incised transverse grooves, followed by a projecting and flattened trefoil shaped terminal. The terminal has a central circular rivet hole, with a corresponding second rivet hole at the centre of the opposite end that retains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The entire object has worn surfaces and measures 31.20mm in length, 8.99mm in width, 6.92mm in thickness, and 5.43g in weight.This is a decorative mount, probably for use on a strap, box or similar. Its form and general appearance suggest a potential date at the end of the Anglo-Saxon period (e.g. similar mounts in West, 1998: no. 9.3, 132.11; see also Biddle, 1990: no. 1348), although a later Medieval date cannot be ruled out entirely.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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